Pinter was an only child: as a boy, he conducted conversations in the back garden with imaginary friends.
And while I was reading "The Magic Mountain," on my hikes I conducted conversations with imaginary partners, not unlike the ones between Castorp and Settembrini in Thomas Mann's novel.
But when he speaks, his eyes widen, his eyebrows rise, and his long-fingered hands sketch images in the air; he conducts conversation as one might conduct an orchestra.
Business mode lets users manage multiple usernames within one dashboard (Seesmic does this too), conducts conversation threads within the client, and gives you the ability to share a "stack" via RSS or a URL link.
He remembers Zhou Enlai as conducting "conversations with the effortless grace and superior intelligence of the Confucian sage".
For the first time in history, we're conducting conversations through written words (or, more precisely, through typing onto screens).
Don't you have someone who's been out of your life for a long time with whom you still conduct conversations in your head?
Added to which, when one is truly lonesome, it is perfectly normal to conduct conversations - out loud, mind you - with imaginary television interviewers.
Ethan – who does the bulk of the scriptwriting – turns out to have a habit of conducting conversations, back and forth, within his own answers.
She also conducts conversations with a huge Woody poster at night, seeking romantic advice from his dialogue in various movies, similar to Woody seeking Bogart's advice (in the guise of actor Jerry Lacy) in Play It Again, Sam.
