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I'm not a good small talker. I'm not into small talk, frankly.

I can't abide small talk.

I'm not good at meeting people, and I'm not good at small talk.

I can be a little acerbic.

'ACE' is one of the acronyms I've used over the years. It stands for 'Acting cures everything.' You weren't promised to come to the ballpark and feel great on your start day. Basically, how can you put something on display to the opponent that gives the appearance of 'OK, this guy is locked in today,' whether you are or not?

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

I'm not very articulate. The reason I write is because I don't talk.

Don't like small talk, love rainy days.

I don't talk in sound bites.

I meet people, and we can get past small talk pretty quickly if they've read my books. It's a great shortcut.