Brandon Stanton

Everybody asks, 'What does 'Humans of New York' mean?' and I always say that I try to avoid putting any kind of message in the work even if it is a positive or optimistic message. The moment you do that, you're looking for certain people and words that fit into the world view you are trying to show, and it becomes preachy.

American Photographer

Jay Asher

Fiction is an easy way to talk about issues: I think it feels less preachy. You can have the students discuss characters in the book as opposed to hypothetical situations, or as opposed to opening up about themselves, unless they really want to.

American Writer

Paul Butcher

I believe the best influence you can have is not by being preachy, but by trying to live. For example, knowing you're not perfect, but trying to treat everyone kind and accepting everyone for who they are.

American Actor

Lolly Adefope

If I was doing standup I would worry that someone would think I was being preachy, whereas, with a character, it always tends to be the opposite of what I think. You can get away with things.

Vivek Agnihotri

I don't believe in preachy films. I don't like such films. Having said that, I don't even enjoy films that only 'entertain.' That way, even the circus entertains.

Indian Director

Taboo

We're a positive type group, not a preachy group, but we want to be able to let the people know that we are conscious about what's going on in the world.

American Musician

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.

American Baseball Player

Vir Das

I did theatre in the U.S. because there, content-wise, it's very light. In India, theatre tends to get preachy.

Indian Comedian

Chris Gethard

I have no desire to get on a soapbox or be preachy. I don't think comedy needs to be 'brave' or 'important.

Pankaj Tripathi

I make sure I say something important without being preachy through all my performances.

Indian Actor

Use 'preachy' sparingly to describe excessive moral advice, to maintain its strong impact.

Avoid Overuse

'Preachy' often implies disapproval; use it to express annoyance at being lectured.

Negative Nuance

Using 'preachy' signals emotional irritation towards self-righteous or patronizing tones.

Emotional Context

 Where you're not doing -- it usurped the joy of what I loved to do because I was no longer doing it to create and have fun, and when it died out from under me, that was one of the most liberating things, because I could create. And look, I understand that I am on the very edge of preachy, here.