Empathy : (37) " I tell my students, it’s not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What’s more difficult is to identify with someone you don’t see, who’s very far away, who’s a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders. " - Chinua Achebe " On TV, the nitty-gritty of trials takes place between commercial breaks, whereas, of course, reality is infinitely more complex. True crime also makes us more empathetic. " - Robert Rinder " I think the key divide between the interactive media and the narrative media is the difficulty in opening up an empathic pathway between the gamer and the character, as differentiated from the audience and the characters in a movie or a television show. " - Steven Spielberg " The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling. " - Lee Unkrich " Now, I admire The Sims as a game, but from a story viewpoint, there are two glaring problems. First, your relationship with those characters is like they’re bugs in a jar. There’s no empathy. And secondly, you’ve got this clunky, chemistry-set interface between you and them, with bars to show how tired or angry they are. It’s all tell not show. " - Dave Morris " I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they’ve done. " - Andrea Arnold " I think the very idea of character, of developing not just grit, but empathy and curiosity, emotional intelligence – you know, the things that I want my own daughters to develop – the idea that we’re going to get there through rewards and punishments seems completely at odds with the idea of character itself. " - Angela Duckworth " Look, I’m a cancer survivor, all right? So I have great personal empathy for people who have pre-existing conditions and can’t get insurance. " - Carly Fiorina " I think with empathy… It’s more looking out at the people. And that includes the Republicans, you know the people that might be opposed to us. Trying to understand why is it that they want what they want. And then how do we find common ground. I mean sometimes there is no common ground to be had if it’s only about profit. " - Jane O'Meara Sanders " People think I’m angry and they’re right. There’s a lot to be angry about. But I’m also empathetic and ambitious and hopeful and happy at times. " - Vic Mensa