Samantha Shannon Quotes

I don't have a whole bunch of literary connections. I don't write reviews or attend writer's conferences. I'm kind of shy and don't want to go to a party. I just want to stay home and read my murder mysteries and try to write and cook dinner.

There are always things I find difficult - being in crowds, remembering faces. I do like routines. I always travel with someone. My life in Avignon is a very quiet one. I have an apartment that looks over the whole city. I can drop into town, but a lot of the time I write from home. In some respects I still live a very quiet, simple life.

I'm a nerdy guy who likes to read a lot.

I just want to sit in my room and write books.

Anyways, I am a nerd, bookworm, geek... whatever you want to call me. I'm the type of person that would rather sit down and read a good book than go out and party.

I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my head when I'm writing my books.

I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

I wasn't an extroverted kid. I was very academic and very introverted.

Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude is part of a writer's sensibility.

I was a slightly geeky kid.

You can't write if you don't read.

I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring.

My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.

A great reader seldom recognizes his solitude.

My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports.

I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.

I was a huge nerd in high school. Sure, I socialized - but I was definitely a nerd.

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.

I was a total nerd growing up. I'd rather sit home and read a novel on New Year's Eve and say, 'Wow, I read the whole thing in one night!' That was my idea of a big time.

By nature, I sit alone in a room and type... My goal was never celebrity.

I'm a total nerd.

A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.

Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.

I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.