Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.

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

I was a nervous kid, not great socially.

I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.

I'm definitely on the spectrum of socially awkward.

I don't know anything about tech, but I do know something about slightly socially crippled and overly cerebral guys.

I feel like a lot of creative people are socially awkward.

I'm a small-town kid from Winnsboro, La., who grew up not really being comfortable talking to people.

Performers often can be quite socially inept, you know? And even great comedians are like that.

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

I was nerdy and awkward and didn't know how to talk to people - except online.

I can get awkward. I am not the best person to break the ice.

. . . clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude.

I'm not good at talking to strangers, whether they're sick children or they're - I'm just not good. I'm shy with it.

Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

I do talk a lot - far more than my husband - but I'm not good at talking to a lot of people. I either talk a lot of rubbish - which I'm sure I do a lot of the time anyway - or I stare at the soup. I'm no good at social presentation.

I'm one of those people that if I go to a party, I can't remember my mother's name because I'm so nervous in a social situation.

I'm not great... in large groups of people, but I'm not shy anymore.

I was very shy and socially awkward.

I don't do well in social environments.

I'm not such a talkative person, and I don't like speaking in front of a lot of people.

I'm so socially awkward. I really had to put myself out there and meet new people.

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.

I get really nervous when I'm performing or meeting new people.

I am introverted and a complete klutz.