Fiona Apple Quotes

I tend to avoid things like award shows and panels and interviews, not remotely because I feel I'm above them or wish to cultivate the image of the intriguing recluse. I'm just not very good at them.

It's not that I never do interviews or that I find them traumatic. It's just that I'm basically not that comfortable doing them.

I'm really not comfortable doing interviews in a group, in press conferences. One-on-one, I'm all right, but those press conferences at the All-Star Game, I just don't... I feel better when I'm by myself.

I don't want to write a book; I don't want to go on T.V., because I stink at it. The only thing I have always been comfortable with is being in magazines.

I did, but I'm not real fond of giving interviews.

I had plenty of offers to do sponsorships and TV commercials, but it's just not in me. I would love to get that out of me, but I just don't feel comfortable with it.

In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.

I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy.

I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.

I've done interviews in the past where, apparently, I didn't give the journalist any eye contact. I'm a bit shy, yes. I've thought about refusing to do any press at all.

Earlier in my career, I wanted to do a lot of things under the radar because I felt uncomfortable in engaging with the fans because then they're thinking, 'Well, you're doing it for publicity,' or whatever.

I tend to avoid interviews, I don't have a publicist and fear of failure is still very much alive in my personal life.

I don't really like seeing myself on TV doing interviews.

Being in front of the cameras is not my favorite thing to do. But it's a good problem to have.

Famous people I've interviewed - powerful people, brilliant people, people whom you look at and think, 'Seriously, do you not have pores?' - have turned to me after interviews and asked, 'Was I okay? I hope I was okay.'

I am not into publicity. I'm not good at it. I get anxiety about it.

I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.

I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles.

I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was.

I'm not that great with press sometimes.

One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show.

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

I'm not shy, exactly, but I am private. I don't like to talk about myself. I had to learn - I was interviewed for print, radio and even TV.

I usually hate going around and doing press. It sort of stresses me out.