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

I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing... I like to think before I speak (softly).

I've never given a speech without being terrified first.

[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.

I'm insatiably curious about human nature. I feel very lucky that as a writer I get to learn so much about it just to do my job right.

Solve problems, make art, think deeply.

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.