#shyness

I had taken the photograph from afar (distance being the basic glitch in our relationship), using my Nikon and zoom lens while hiding behind a fake marble pillar. I was hiding because if he knew I'd been secretly photographing him for all these months he would think I was immature, neurotic and obsessive. I'm not. I'm an artist. Artists are always misunderstood.(Thwonk) ↗

— Joan Bauer

#humor #infatuation #insecurity #shyness #stalking

...I'm shy in person - so afraid to confess my love - I need a go-between - our mutual friend, the Moon... ↗

— John Geddes

#fear #love #moon #shyness #love

Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#insecurity #musician #secrets #shyness #musician

I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed. ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

#appearing #create #i #i am #just

Part of why I started a band was due to feelings of shyness and social ineptitude. I saw it as some way of being able to interact with people from a safe distance. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#band #being #distance #due #feelings

I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out. ↗

— Steve Martin

#being #ego #found #front #high

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. ↗

— Paul Merton

#i #laugh #like #making #old

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special. ↗

— Michael C. Hall

#acting #being #belonging #break #discovered

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#clinic #different #different levels #i #levels

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#enjoy #genuinely #i #shyness #talking