I'm not saying abolish group work - I think there's a time and a place for people to come together and exchange ideas, but let's restore the respect we once had for solitude. And we need to be much more mindful of the way we come together.

Do you really believe in what you said or wrote – in the thing that’s bringing criticism? And if I do believe it, I can withstand anything.

When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion.

Introversion - along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness - is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.

Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding.