When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that's power.

Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.

I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.

Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

Quiet is might. Solitude is strength. Introversion is power.

Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you 'too much' in some ways and 'not enough' in others.

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.

Introverts often assume what's inside is visible on the outside. We don't have to invent or fake the emotion; we just need to allow it to be seen!

With public speaking, practicing congruence is very helpful - allowing the words to be expressed with the face and body. It helps to think of simply "turning up the nonverbal volume."

Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.

It’s important to have a husband that lives and believes the same way you do. Otherwise, you’re asking for problems.

One good product is better than many fake goods.

A river cannot boast to a sea.

I want to keep my fan base supplied with a steady chain of music.

It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.

The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something about themselves and the world and this was one of those.

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

I am better off with vegetables at the bottom of my garden than with all the fairies of the Midsummer Night's Dream.

Successful people have control over the time in their life. A shoemaker who owns his own shop gets up one morning and says, "I'm not opening." That's a successful guy.