“We could avoid conversations because we don't want to bother someone, we’d simply prefer to stay silent, or we don't have anything to talk about. Giving a stranger a compliment solves the last problem and you’ll forever have something to say!”

Who said it, and where.

Who said “We could avoid conversations because we don't want to bother someone, we’d simply prefer…”? Isaac Mashman wrote it in Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence, Second Edition (2025), Section 7.2, Interpersonal Relationships.