Writing and producing television very much speaks to the extroverted part of my personality. I love collaboration, the joint effort of hundreds of people working together to create something. But the other part of who I am is extremely introverted. I love being alone and dreaming up ideas and writing novels.

Blake Crouch

Just as we were finishing 'Paul's Boutique' we got our own places, and I was going out to clubs a lot less. I got a bit more introverted and spent a lot more time on my own reading. I would just go down to the esoteric bookstore and wander around.

Adam Yauch

Time Would Were

I know I'm an oddball given that today 90 per cent of all human beings are extremely social, and I, for one, am a part of a profession which is not perceived to be for introverts, but I enjoy my personal space.

Akshaye Khanna

Space Art Which

I'm one of those introverted people who simply feels a lot better after spending time alone thinking through ideas and emotions. This is a sign, I've come to think, of a kind of emotional disturbance - a reaction to inner fragility. I wish I were more able to just act and do, rather than constantly have to retreat and examine and think.

Alain de Botton

Time Alone Wish

On Imgur, introverts can be extroverts. They don't have to worry about curating their own brand and are able to express themselves more authentically. They can go on Imgur and be themselves.

Alan Schaaf

Worry Tin Then

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

Alberto Tomba

You Win Think

My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I'm not working, I'm locked up in my room.

Alessandra Torresani

Work Computers Working

I've become more introverted as I've got older. I used to be an outgoing person who joked around a lot, but as the amount of energy I expend by sharing my music has increased, I like to balance it by spending time by myself and recuperating.

Aloe Blacc

Time Music Who

Growing up as a little, introverted boy, dance was the only way I could communicate. For me, it's the greatest language - no words. Sharing people's stories through the art of movement is magical.

Alyssa Edwards

Men Great Art

People assume a lot about me. Some people come up and think I'm hard. I'm actually very, very shy. I'm bubbly in the right circumstances. But I'm a big introvert.

Amber Liu

Very Up Think

I'm an introvert. I get my energy by spending time alone. I need that hour or two to myself every day.

Amit Bhatia

Time Alone Very

I would like to believe that I still am a shy person; I am very introverted. I have a problem communicating.

Amitabh Bachchan

Would Very UN

I am introverted and a complete klutz.

Amy Gerstler

Ted T Rover

People who know me personally know me as an introvert.

Amy McGrath

Who T Son

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.

Amy Schumer

Wit Us Too

I think standup is pretty good for an introvert because you are performing, but, I mean, it's on your own terms. There are so many people in the room, but it's a one-sided conversation. And you actually don't have to interact - unless you want to.

Amy Schumer

Good Your You

Signing autographs is weird. I'm an introvert, so it's been a strain in that way.

Amy Sherald

Weird Way Train

I am not somebody who feels comfortable socialising at parties where many film stars gather and endlessly chat, because I am quite introverted.

Amyra Dastur

Art Who Where

I'm an introvert and a shy person.

Amyra Dastur

T Son Shy Person

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.

Andrea Seigel

Would World Who

When I left for college, I told myself that this was a chance for reinvention. No one on the other side of the country knew that I was an introvert, so maybe if I tried not acting like an introvert, I wouldn't be one.

Andrea Seigel

When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both.

Annie Dillard

I tend to be more of an introvert when I'm traveling. I do a lot of people-watching and espresso-drinking.

Antoni Porowski

A lot of good actors tend to be quite introverted as people.

Antony Sher

When I was making 'Xen,' I was surprised at how introverted some of the songs were. I wasn't deliberately trying to go quieter, but I had to embrace it.

Arca

I'm a bit of an introvert, so after talking for an hour and then shaking hands and taking pictures with the people who came out, I kind of need to be alone for a bit to get away from all stimuli.

Ari Shaffir

I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.

Ashwin Sanghi

I'm an introvert... I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.

Audrey Hepburn

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I'd get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.

Beyonce Knowles

I would admit I'm an introvert. I don't know why introverts have to apologize.

Bill Gross

Writing and producing television very much speaks to the extroverted part of my personality. I love collaboration, the joint effort of hundreds of people working together to create something. But the other part of who I am is extremely introverted. I love being alone and dreaming up ideas and writing novels.

Blake Crouch

If somebody has something negative to say, I'm a very - I won't say introverted, because I'm not introverted - I'm a very, just, calm person.

Bobby Lashley

Sri is an introvert. She doesn't talk to strangers.

Boney Kapoor

I lead an introverted and boring life here in California.

Brian Bosworth

I've never had a big personality. I'm an introvert unless I've been drinking or something.

Bushwick Bill

I'm quite a loner. I realized that I'm very introverted, and I get energy by being alone instead of being with other people.

Candice Patton

There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.

Carl Jung

Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.

Carl Jung

I don't like applause, I must admit. Ultimately, artists are shy creatures; they're introverts.

Cat Stevens

In fiction you're not often writing about the typical; you are interested in outliers, the points of interest. Part of it comes from feeling I was the only Asian or person of colour... another part comes from my personality: I'm an introvert, and my usual survival mode in a large group is to stand by a wall and watch everybody.

Celeste Ng

In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music.

Chris Barber

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

Chris Weidman

When it comes to creativity and to leadership, we need introverts doing what they do best.

Christine Tsai

My mother was an introvert and quite religious. And we were brought up in the church. And when she learned that I wanted to act, she simply said: 'You cannot live here and do that.'

Cicely Tyson

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet.

Clint Eastwood

I'm an introvert, but I disguise my introversion by being an extrovert. If I don't have to be around people, I'm not. If I'm around people, I'm gonna do my thing. But I'm not really with the fake kickin' it - everything's organic, everything's natural.

Cordae

I am more of an introvert person who is a little shy to get into random chat. I would rather observe people silently.

Daisy Shah

Classical pianist Awadagin Pratt. I first heard this eccentric and introverted performer when I was living in the Midwest. He was playing Brahms ballades - haunting.

Daniel Breaker

I was always an introvert as a kid. Then, when I first kind of came out as a human being, I used to be one of those guys who'd go nuts on the dance floor, and people would gather around.

Daryl Hall

I am a very shy, introverted guy.

Dave Pelzer