Andrew Stanton Quotes

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.

Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.

I thought talking to human beings was just something that could make things complicated and unpleasant. So I didn't talk much. I just watched people.

We have a million ways to get ahold of people, and we're the loneliest we've ever been.

I am afraid I am totally hermetic to social games in general.

With technology, there is so much isolation with people now, that there are very few places where you can connect.

I don't get as much female attention as you'd think, because I never go out.

I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise; I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.

I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.

I have days where the only words I say are to the person making my sandwich at the grocery store.

From the boardroom to the bedroom, we're connected 24/7, yet loneliness is at an all-time high. More people are reaching for mobile devices than for the hand of someone in need. Where did our humanity go?

I'm not very good at talking and being with people and being gregarious and outgoing. I love people, but I have great difficulty doing it.

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow.

In all of my work, I think I'm exploring the idea that we are aliens to each other, how there is a huge distance that separates us all.

As connected as we are with technology, it's also removed us from having to have human connection, made it more convenient to not be intimate.

Spare a thought for the poor introverts among us. In a world of party animals and glad-handers, they're the ones who stand by the punch bowl. In a world of mixers and pub crawls, they prefer to stay home with a book. Everywhere around them, cell phones ring and e-mails chime and they just want a little quiet.

What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people.

People aren't throwing themselves at me, but I also don't go out very much. Like, when I do go out, it's for breakfast, so it's a little hard to throw yourself at me during breakfast.

Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.

The smartphones and the computer separates everybody, makes you think that you don't need nobody else.

I find parties difficult. I like a dinner party, but I find being at parties difficult, so I choose not to go to parties.

There is something in the way that we are now, with our cell phones, and people are not looking at each other and not being in the moment with each other, that kids feel isolated.