Susan Cain

It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it's time to realize it with introverts.

Any time people come together in a meeting, we're not necessarily getting the best ideas; we're just getting the ideas of the best talkers.

Your tendency to be inward-directed or outward-directed is huge; it governs every part of the way you live and work and love.

I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.

My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective.