How not to become clingy

How do you avoid seeming "clingy" to someone. I.e. I'm into someone atm but I reply to his messages as soon as I'm able to but it's not reciprocated and I think I'm starting to seem clingy as he doesn't seem as interested anymore. I guess I wanna pull back a bit and give him space, should I just not talk to him for a while? Idk I'm not very good with all this sorta stuff so advice would be good