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As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

I do public appearances. I'm bluff, hearty, goofy. I wear loud clothes, and I read the funny bits. I occasionally get taken to task for one thing or another, and I acknowledge my fault, my flaw, my failure, and I move on.

I can be a show-off at home. But publicly, I have always been a private person. It's not totally my bag to court the press.

I find it an effort to keep up appearances.

It doesn't suit me as a person to be put on public display.

I keep kind of making certain mistakes in public appearances over and over again.

I'm not a public figure; I shouldn't have to be held to a certain standard of beauty.

After getting recognized in public from my picture on our pretzel bag, I can understand not wanting to be in the public eye. It has given me a public persona I had always avoided as a child. I do it because it's for a good cause.

I might have to stumble a little bit more in public than others, but that's fine, I don't mind, I've developed a thick skin.

Writers often feel obliged to adopt some sort of public appearance.