Rainbow Rowell Quotes

I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.

Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently social. So they would prefer to have a glass of wine with a close friend as opposed to going to a loud party full of strangers.

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

I'm shy, although I'm not shy with my friends and family.

I'm a little bit antisocial and I recently discovered that I'm introverted. But the love between people makes me alive.

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

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness.

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

I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof.

It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.

When I meet people for the first time, I'm friendly but shy. I'm much less outwardly nervous than I used to be, but I still get anxious sometimes.

We are so mired in the complexity of our reactions to other people that when you come across someone who is asocial, there is a simplicity that is refreshing.

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.

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.

If I get to know somebody, I'll open up, but other than that I like to sit back and observe things.

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

I always considered myself really non-confrontational and shy and introverted.

I am essentially a recluse who will have very little to do with people wherever he may be. I think that most people only make me nervous - that only by accident, and in extremely small quantities, would I ever be likely to come across people who wouldn't.

I never really necessarily liked being quiet.

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.

I'm not shy. I'm quiet. With my close friends. I talk a lot. But if I'm at a big dinner, I'm not gonna walk in and go introduce myself to everybody.

If you're a stranger, and you've never met me before, I'll probably be more reserved and quiet. If you're my friend, you probably see the same stuff that you see me do onstage.

I wasn't a one-on-one type of guy.

I'm an introverted extrovert. My job sets me apart, but I'm not hammy and don't need attention.

I'm fun with people I know. But at the same time, people also say that I am a little cold, rude, and moody. 'Moody' is the word they generally use for me.