Neil Gaiman Quotes

I want to be as creatively disruptive as possible. I want to be radically transparent in a way that isn't showboating.

I really think that being yourself, being original, being outside the box is starting to be appealing to people.

I have a certain temperament, a disposition that I think lends itself to not playing outside the lines that much. But I do test the boundaries, certainly, and break one or two of my own. Some people are mystified by it, but not me.

I'm always looking at how I can be atypical.

I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.

I like to do something different that people don't expect. That's what I've always been about, in everything I do.

When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.

Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.

Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration.

A lot of times, the people who have the confidence to say, 'I don't know what the rules are, so I'm just going to do what I want,' are the most exciting people.

What's the fun in doing conventional things? I would rather be known as someone who is unconventional. I like being unconventional. I like doing things which are different. That's what I like... It gives me a boost as an actor.

I've always wanted to do things different, always wanted to be the person who stands out from the pack.

I have always been a person who does things differently.

Question everything. Don't try to emulate someone else's path. Look at what you have, the tools you have, the place you're in; know the rules, and break them.

I'm just super into redefining things.

Timeless and unclassifiable - that's the goal. My oddness is the pursuit of this above all else.

I feel like I wanted to run differently than everybody else did. And I want to do things that everybody else hasn't done.

With technology, everything is available at the touch of a button. But I'm not someone whose world revolves around trends. I like to be unique in whatever I do.

Any time people are breaking outside the norm and playing something that isn't expected - that feels like punk to me.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

The disobedient child is continuously condemned. The obedient child is, on the other hand, continuously praised. But have you heard of any obedient child having become world-famous in any dimension of creativity? Have you heard of any obedient child who has attained the Nobel prize for anything - literature, peace, science? The obedient child becomes just the common crowd. All that is added to existence is added by the disobedient.

When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.

I want to do something different, really different, and if it alienates people that's too bad.

I think my brand is just being authentic and being me. Everybody goes right, I go left.

You have to be unique in your own ways and the ways that you play to find a way to win. You can't always go with the trend that's going on. Sometimes you have to create the trend yourself and be confident in it.