Ursula K. Le Guin, on being an introvert and a writer:

Hardly anybody ever writes anything nice about introverts.

Extroverts rule.

This is rather odd when you realise that about nineteen writers out of twenty are introverts.

We are being taught to be ashamed of not being 'outgoing'.

But a writer's job is ingoing.

- Ursula K. Le Guin.

Introvert insight:

 

Introverts are word economists in a society suffering from verbal diarrhea.
 
– Michaela Chung.
 

I’m self-sufficient.
 
I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily.
 
When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.
 
– Bjork.
 

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

I'll read my books and I'll drink coffee and I'll listen to music, and I'll bolt the door.
 
– J. D. Salinger.

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.

Introvert insight:

 

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

- Laurie Helgoe.

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

Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge.
- Paulo Coello.
 

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.
- Charles Bukowski.

Introvert insight:

Solitude matters.
And for some people it’s the air they breathe.
 
– Susan Cain.
 

For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating.
 
– Jonathan Rauch.
 

People say things to me like, ‘It’s really cool that you don’t go out and get drunk all the time and go to clubs.’

I appreciate that, but I’m an introverted kind of person just by nature.

 
– Emma Watson.

I am primarily a loner.
I don’t go to clubs.
I don’t hang out with people.
I don’t know many people.
It’s just the way it ended up.
It’s not a sob story; it’s fine for me.
 
– Henry Rollins.

World Introvert Day - January 2:

World Introvert Day

January 2

This is a day for the dreamers.

The thinkers.

The quiet ones.

The ones sitting in the back of the room or standing at the edges.

The ones who know more than they show and feel more than they let on.

Today we celebrate introverts.

– Jenn Granneman.

#WorldIntrovertDay