" He is social, but not in large groups. "I don't go readily to cocktail parties, where people just come together and talk. I don't tend to like that kind of thing. I'd rather sit down with somebody and find a mutual topic of interest, and explore it in depth with that person, or maybe two or three people. Not a conversation that says how do you feel". "

― Norman Doidge , The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science