Toni Garrn Quotes

I know I seem really friendly, but I'm a closet introvert.

I am an introvert. I should get that out there now.

I'm a little unusual: I'm a six-person-or-less extrovert.

I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own.

Being introverted, it doesn't mean necessarily being shy or being afraid of public speaking; it just means that it's hard for me to interact with people for too long.

Stiles is a version of me that rarely exists in the real world. He's so confident and extroverted, and I'm much more restrained and internal.

I'm an introvert and a shy person.

My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.

Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.

The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all.

If you don't like your sister or don't get along with your father, let's find out if you like yourself. Let's not sugarcoat anything about it.

I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy.

I'm not extremely outgoing, but I'm average, I think. When people meet me they'll say, 'Oh you're not that shy...' I never said I was! I see where they're coming from because my biggest single was about being shy at a party - I get it. But it's not 100% accurate.

I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was loud and bossy and dancing all the time.

All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the best thing to do was to tell everyone I worked with that I'm just shy. People are not mind readers - you need to let them know.

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

I'm sure I'm very difficult to live with because of my make-up and personality.

As I was writing, I realised I wasn't sufficiently extrovert to gather enough interesting souls with tall tales around me. I was no Louis Theroux. But neither was I interested in exploring my inner life in public, in the manner of a Jonathan Raban.

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

As a psychologist, I can tell you that there are people who look very good in a group, but they're very different in a one-on-one situation.

For an interesting nonfiction read, I really enjoyed 'Quiet' by Susan Cain. I read it with my husband, who is a true introvert, whereas I am an introvert masquerading as an extrovert.

I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.

I think there's times where I'm introverted, and there's times where I'm extroverted.

By nature, my default place is a very introverted one, so it's funny to be in such an extroverted profession. I'm a little inappropriately in it.