Introvert insight:

... I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength.
I have such a strong inner life that I'm never bored and only occasionally lonely.
No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.
- Susan Cain.

 

Introverts:
As long as we have our books, our imagination, and a slice of solitude, we're content.
- from The Irresistible Introvert, by Michaela Chung.

 

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people than I feel on my own.
- Henry Rollins.

 

I withdraw from people and places from time to time.
I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much but never have anything to say.
- Kaitlin Foster.

George V. Higgins, on writing:

 

Show the reader what the character thinks about,

and then the reader will think about it, too.
- George V. Higgins.
 

Recommended reading - The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 (2001)

 

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001

The Best American Series.

 

Edited by Lawrence Block and Otto Penzler.

 
ISBN-10: 0618124918
ISBN-13: 978-0618124916
 
Contents:
 

Foreword; Introduction by Lawrence Block; Things that make your heart beat faster, by Jennifer Anderson; Lobster night, by Russell Banks; Prison food, by Michael Downs; In the zone, by Leslie Edgerton; Paperhanger, by William Gay; Book of Kells, by Jeremiah Healy; Erie's last day, by Steve Hockensmith; Under suspicion, by Clark Howard; Her Hollywood, by Michael Hyde; Family, by Dan Leone; Blood sport, by Thomas Lynch; Carnie, by David Means; Tides, by Kent Nelson; Girl with the blackened eye, by Joyce Carol Oates; Easy street, by T. Jefferson Parker; Big bite, by Bill Pronzini; Missing in action, by Peter Robinson; Face-lift, by Roxana Robinson; Big ranch, by John Salter; Push comes to shove, by Nathan Walpow.

 

Description:
 

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected – and most popular – of its kind.

 

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 will thrill fans of all reached of the genre. The legendary mystery writer Lawrence Block offer chilling tales from best-selling writers as well as talented up-and-comers. Ranging from traditional detective cases to psychological studies to atmospheric scene-setters, these stories illustrate the variety and scope of styles, plots, and characters Block admires. With Block as guest editor and a stellar roster of suspense veterans and rising stars, the 2001 edition will delight mystery afficionados and all lovers of great fiction.

Born on this day – Mary Ellis:

 

Mary Ellis

Actress

Singer

June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003

Credits:

All Creatures Great and Small (1978); All the King's Horses (1935); Armchair Theatre (1961); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1957); Bella Donna (1934); Fatal Lady (1936); Frederic Chopin (1961); Glamorous Night (1937); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964); Hotel Imperial (1958); ITV Play of the Week (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1959); Kate (1971); Paris in Spring (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Somerset Maugham Hour / Segment: The Voice of the Turtle (1960); The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960); The Astonished Heart (1950); The Browning Version (1949); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993); The First Mrs. Fraser (1950); The Magic Box (1951); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); This Is Your Life (1994); Wednesday Theatre (1953).

Born on this day – Gloria Stroock:

Gloria Stroock

Actress

June 15, 1924 – May 5, 2024

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1977); Archie Bunker's Place (1982); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Baretta (1978); Bill Slater Show (1950); Brando (2007); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1952); City in Fear (1980); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Mama (1955); Martin Kane (1951); McMillan & Wife (1974–1977); Missing Pieces (1991); Modern Romances (1955); NBC Presents (1949); Newsstand Theatre (1952); No Easy Way (1996); Operation Petticoat (1977–1978); Passions (1984); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seed of Innocence (1980); Spotlight (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Studio One (1950–1955); The Competition (1980); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Girls (1950); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Snoop Sisters (1972); Uncommon Valor (1983); Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977).

Born on this day – William Newman:

 

William Newman

Actor

June 15, 1934 – May 27, 2015

Credits:

A Special Friendship (1987); Act of Vengeance (1986); All-American Girl (1994); American Playhouse (1989); Angel (2001); Angel Falls (1993); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: Charlie (1999); Billions for Boris (1985); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Chattahoochee (1989); Chiefs (1983); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Days of Our Lives (2005); Dead Man's Revenge (1994); Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992); Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000); Dharma & Greg (1999); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Dinner at Eight (1989); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Fearless (1993); For Love of the Game (1999); Funny Farm (1988); Goode Behavior (1996); Hero (1992); Homefront (1992); Jury Duty (1995); Knots Landing (1992); L.A. Doctors (1999); Leprechaun (1992); Love & War (1993); Loving (1985); Mad About You (1993); Matlock (1991); Monkey Shines (1988); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Name Is Earl (2006); No Easy Way (1996); One Life to Live (1983); Party of Five (1997); Philly (2001); Picket Fences (1993); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pig Sty (1995); Playing for Keeps (1986); Popular (2001); Ryan's Hope (1979); Santa with Muscles (1996); Shadow: Dead Riot (2006); Silver Bullet (1985); Something Wilder (1995); Squirm (1976); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Craft (1996); The Drew Carey Show (1996); The King of Queens (1999); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Mosquito Coast (1986); The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); The Stand (1994); The Tick (2001–2002); Tom and Huck (1995); Touch (1997); VR.5 (1995); Women of the House (1995); Wounded Heart (1995).

Born on this day – Belinda Lee:

Belinda Lee

Actress

June 15, 1935 – March 12, 1961

Credits:

Blackout (1954); Blood Feud (1961); Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959); Cabaret du soir (1958); Ce corps tant désiré (1959); Constantine and the Cross (1961); Dangerous Exile (1957); Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (1960); Elephant Gun (1958); Eyewitness (1956); Family Affair (1954); Film Fanfare (1956); Footsteps in the Fog (1955); Full Screen Ahead (1957); Ghosts of Rome (1961); Goddess of Love (1957); It Happened in '43 (1960); Joseph and His Brethren (1961); Love, the Italian Way (1960); Man of the Moment (1955); Marie of the Isles (1959); Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954); Messalina (1960); Miracle in Soho (1957); No Smoking (1955); Reflets de Cannes (1960); She Walks by Night (1959); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Money (1956); The Case of Canary Jones (1954); The Chasers (1959); The Gentle Touch (1956); The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959); The Runaway Bus (1954); The Secret Place (1957); The Swindlers (1959); Who Done It? (1956); Women of the World (1963); World by Night (1960).