"I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations."

-- Tony Kushner

#Awkward Quotes #Shy Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“I like in books when we start the book and you really don't know how it's going to turn out.”
“There is something very peculiar about this form of atheism: It tries to constantly remind us of God while maintaining He does not exist! How can you hate something that is not there? Why would you persistently prove to people the non-existence of a being really not there?”
“If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.”
“All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdistan.”
“I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.”

Source : Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 7, 2012.
“If you think being dysfuncted and damaged, strapped to your baggage, dirty, ruined and hurt like critical, cynical, scathing, if you're lost or have come up missing, scarred and scared (or pretending you aren't), when you think that's all you've got, it's not. The sadness you wear around like a trophy is intriguing at most, but it's miserable, and about as original as a frat boy with a visor cap. So step up.”
“Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?”

Source : Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.1764, Delphi Classics
“I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.”

Source : Interview With Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. January 18, 2007.

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