I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.

I have such poor vision I can date anybody.

—Garry Shandling

My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.

—Garry Shandling

I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.

—Garry Shandling

Shyness takes so many different forms. Some people are shy and soft. Some, shy and hard.

—Sally Thorne in The Hating Game

Sometimes I wore smiles but didn't feel them. Sometimes I felt them and didn't wear them.

—Penelope Douglas in Rival

I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Wintergirls

Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood.

—Carl Jung

I’ve got this tiny pang of regret when I think of how much I have probably missed out on in the last few years because I was too scared to take a risk, or too shy to speak up, or too worried to be bold.

—Jessi Kirby in Golden