A Quote by Edmund White

Tennessee Williams recognized that great theater begins with great talkers, and that great talkers obey two rules: they never sound like anyone else and they never say anything directly.
They who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers by themselves, nor used to private discussions of our home regimen.
There are some great writers who are great talkers, but there are more great writers who are not great talkers. People seem to think there is some connection between talking and writing, but I love to talk and if there were some connection between the two of them I would be the most prolific writer in the history of the world.
Great talkers do not stop for breath, and never look at the clock.
I really don't care that much about "Beauties." What I really like are Talkers. To me, good talkers are beautiful because good talk is what I love. The word itself shows why I like Talkers better than Beauties, why I tape more than I film. It's not "talkies." Talkers are doing something.
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
Southerners love a good tale. They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers . . . great talkers.
Great talkers are little doers.
Great talkers, little doers.
Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.
The Irish are great talkers and incredibly friendly, it's just in the DNA.
Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.
Great talkers are trying to fill the gap between themselves and others, but only widen it.
People think we are such great talkers, but there is so much silence in Ireland about certain issues.
We Irish will never achieve anything; but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks
Every generation has their own great players. Who's to say that anyone's better than Cheryl Miller or Nancy Lieberman? Whose anyone to say Michael Jordan is better than Oscar Robertson or Magic Johnson or Larry Bird? Every generation has its great player. There's never going to be one player that's so above and beyond anyone else.
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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