When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
It's better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.
It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.
When people direct insults at me, I can take it.
I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner.
There's something about me that suggests I don't have an intelligent atom in me at all. So people say things to me that they wouldn't say to other people. Insulting, condescending things. They don't think I notice. But, of course, I'm taking it all in.
If you really understand something, you can say it in the fewest words, instead of thrashing about.
People misinterpret what I say all the time: They think I'm being offensive, when really, I'm only being opinionated.
I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.
When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.