Marian Keyes Quotes

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.

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

I'm the person who will go to a wedding and switch the place cards around because I don't want to sit next to someone I don't know, because I'm so bad at chatting to strangers.

Sometimes I don't want to stand around a room full of strangers, chitchatting about nothing, so I'll come late to a party - and leave early. Though now that I'm saying this in a magazine, I'll probably never be invited to another one.

I've always been resistant to parties and schmoozing.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I am shy - going to parties kills me.

I panic at parties. I don't like talking absolutely nothing and pretending, so I'm quite odd socially.

I don't do well in social environments.

I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don't really know what to say to them.

I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.

To be honest, I find going out pretty scary and intimidating. Got all those people checking you out, with only one purpose: hooking up. I'm quite the dork, I'd rather sit home and play Scrabble. But that doesn't get you a girl, does it?

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

There's something about being rejected - when I go out without my friends, I'm reminded of how I'm actually quite antisocial. I don't look like a guy who feels like that, but it's very hard for me to start up a conversation. At a party, I'm lost.

I don't know how to talk to people I don't know.

I'm super shy, especially at parties.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I would seriously rather be in a long line at the DMV than eat with people I don't know.

I've always kept a low profile. I'm not comfortable at social events or parties. I feel awkward. So if I'm not working, I prefer to remain in my own zone.

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.

I don't have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to me about football.

Nothing terrifies me more than being social.

I've never been all that comfortable in real life.

Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.