Empathy : (37) " It is critical that firefighters and emergency responders have the proper equipment, training and staffing to do their jobs. " - Conor Lamb " Acting is probably the only profession where you are relying only on empathy. " - Richa Chadha " I think my sensibilities about storytelling and character just automatically come into play when I’m trying to work on any kind of narrative. For me, it doesn’t really matter what the source of the narrative is. I will be looking for ways to make it into an intriguing story with empathetic characters. " - Duncan Jones " Depression is a surfeit of empathy – a killing empathy – that makes depressives great friends to everyone but themselves. Having a self is a rough business, and depressives can empathize with others who have to deal with it, but not with themselves. " - Michael Redhill " Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I think I’ve always been good at that. " - Andrew Clements " I have empathy; I am humane. I understand human misery. " - Marion Marechal-Le Pen " You just need to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and then see how they feel and then you will understand why they are reacting or why they are behaving the way that they are behaving. We need to be fair. " - Navid Negahban