I realized I didn't want there to be anything left unsaid with my mom. I didn't want there to be questions that I still had about who she was and what her life was like. And I didn't want her to have questions about me as an adult.

'The Wonder Years' family was the kind where everything seemed to be bubbling and simmering with the occasional explosion. There were a lot of things that went unsaid in that family. In my family, everything is said - on the surface, you scream and yell about it, and three minutes later, you're all friends.

I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain.

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.

The unsaid message of that endless rack of juniors' pushup bras? No matter what size you are, it still isn't good enough.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

I was very aware of office politics because I was so baffled by them. So much so goes unsaid. No one says 'you're a cheeky so-and-so,' no one says 'you're so moody,' nobody ever confronts anyone else about anything. But I'm very crass, and I'm very confrontational, and I have a temper. I had to be hyper-vigilant in every office I worked in.

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.

There was probably something as a child I wanted to express, something unsaid that I needed to share.

The unsaid is a powerful tool. It invites the reader into the narrative, filling in gaps, interpreting silences and half-finished sentences, and seeing the hidden fear in someone's eye.

I try to face things without regret, or make sure that I'm happy with things and leave nothing unsaid if I can.

Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.

People in bands don't have the kind of conversations people might think they have. The best things about being in a band are the things that are unsaid.

The unsaid rule for living in a trailer park is: 'If the door's shut, don't come a-knockin.' But if it's open and you're walkin' by, feel free to say, 'Hello.'

Hope and wishes for all that delights will sour in the midst of action not taken and words unsaid.

The more stories I told, the more I found I wanted to tell. There was always something left unsaid. I got hooked by my own impulse of 'Well, what's gonna happen next?'

I try to be happy. I try to face things without regret or make sure that I'm happy with things and leave nothing unsaid if I can.