“I've always thought of myself as shy.” — Nicholson Baker Quote

“I've always thought of myself as shy.”

“So I really began as a failed poet - although when I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry.”

“That was the problem with reading: you always had to pick up again at the very thing that had made you stop reading the day before.”

“Everyone told me I could sing from about the age of ten. My mum was always telling me. But I was so shy, I didn't believe them. And the more that people told me, the more I went into the background and the less likely I was to sing.”

“I didn't do particularly well with girls at school. I was very shy. I'm not saying that was the only reason I didn't do well with them, but I just didn't.”

“I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.”