Cheerful Quote by Erica Jong

People probably thought I was scary, but I was just uncomfortable with attention and tended to be a little closed off, except with friends.…

— Katie Chang

Everyone else at school was terrified of me, and they were always laughing at me.

— Toyah Willcox

I was a really low-confident kid. I did have friends from playing sports - I played water polo and I swam. But at the…

— Jonny Kim

In the past, I think I was scared of showing myself. I thought people disliked me because I received so much hate when I…

— BoA

I was a shy, terrified kid. But I was also a kid who was lucky enough to have friends. I laughed with those friends.…

— Kate DiCamillo

I was painfully self-obsessed and self-aware. I wanted people to love me but at the same time I was terrified of them.

— Jimmy Somerville

I had some social anxiety when I was younger because I wasn't surrounded by many people in my life.

— Chloe Kim

I was terrified to be my true self because I felt that it wasn't enough. But I allowed myself to break down those walls.

— Hannah Brown

I spent a lot of my life afraid as a kid, even throughout high school.

— Steven Crowder

For most of my life, I was a worrier and an over-thinker. I had pretty bad social anxiety.

— Rob Corddry

Fears are my friends. Their job is to show me undeveloped parts of myself.

— Anonymous

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

— Tiffany Haddish