Ruth Rendell Quotes

I am a very shy, introverted guy.

I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.

I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.

I am innately very shy, and I have struggled with that challenge for years.

I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.

As a young guy I was really shy, more shy than I am now.

I didn't overcome my shyness. I am still shy.

I'm a very shy, introverted person.

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

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

It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.

I wasn't always this introverted.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

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

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.

It's true, I used to be so shy. I used to never talk, just sit back and do my thing. I was never bullied, though, and it was never like it was something that needed to be 'fixed', like being shy is a bad thing.

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

I remember being chronically shy. I came out of my shell a bit when I went to university, but I'm still fairly shy in company.

I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.

Not only am I a shy person, I take a little while to say what I mean, especially in a social situation, and usually those move too fast for me to say anything at all.

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

Being shy has never held me back.