Karyn Kusama Quotes

I was painfully shy as a child.

I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman.

I was just a bit of a loner as a young boy. And very, very sensitive. Ever the emotional young thing.

Sometimes, in my adult life, I have memories of when I was young and really scared of being too close to people.

I was always sad as a child, for as long as I can think back. I hated crowds of people, and used to sit in a corner by myself, just thinking.

I'm shy. I'm not sociable. I'm very insecure.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.

I was an awkward kid.

I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I had no friends. I worried a lot.

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

You're always tellin' me to go out more, Go ahead, get out and see the world, But then I think, why should I? I'd rather stay home and cry.

It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting.

I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.

My greatest fear is to be misunderstood.

I had a fear of being alone.

Because I am basically so insecure and anxious and afraid, I never, ever in my life learned to reach out for help, ever.

I couldn't really trust anyone. Not completely.

We moved around so much when I was young. I was very shy, so shy that I would walk across the street if I saw someone I knew rather than deal with talking to them.

I'm a sponge. I sometimes don't want to go out of my house because it's like, 'Who's going to make me cry today?'

I can't be alone.

My day is spent hiding from people.

When I was a child, there's one thing I said: 'I never want to be alone.' That's what I would say. I don't want to be alone.