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.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

Political differences will always generate a healthy debate, but over time the dialogue has become more hateful and at times violent.

I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance.