Anne Lamott Quotes

I feel like I'm constantly trying to avoid awkwardness. I always try to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.

I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don't really know what to say to them.

I've always kept a low profile. I'm not comfortable at social events or parties. I feel awkward. So if I'm not working, I prefer to remain in my own zone.

When you're walking at the airport, you're expected to smile at people because they know you... I find that tough. I'm only trying to protect myself. So I don't take my eyes off the floor. People can take that as attitude. But it's actually shyness. Yes, it is a bad habit. But it's a defense mechanism.

I'd rather dig a ditch than go to a dinner party with people I don't know.

It's awkward going to parties with people you don't know, especially when they think they know you.

As evidenced during my failed audition, I'm a thorough introvert who would completely hate living in a 'Real World' house. I would have taken my Ikea comforter to the confessional room and never come out.

I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.

I hate small talk! I can't do it.

I feel like I go through an awkward phase almost every day.

Intimate scenes are always super awkward - and that is the truth. I know everybody says it, but it really is true.

i have to cross the river of extreme awkwardness in order to get to the paradise on the other side.

I see people, as they approach me, trying to make up their minds whether they'll 'say something about it' or not. I hate if they do, and if they don't.

I turned down dates because I dreaded sitting in front of a plateful of food.

I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing.

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

Kids have awkward moments.

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.

I never want to be a showoff or attention getter or something that, truthfully, is kind of repulsive to me, but I get uncomfortable.

I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.

The thing that is uncomfortable is when people kind of stare for a long time and point. That gets weird. I'd much prefer someone to come up to me and say something.

One of the most frightening things about your true nerd, for may people, is not that he's socially inept - because everybody's been there - but rather his complete lack of embarrassment about it.

I'm not really very comfortable being hit on at all.