Andrew Sean Greer Quotes

Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.

I've always been interested in the outsider.

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose.

Being an outsider helps breed comedy.

Being faith-driven, being a hip-hop artist, being artistic in an urban context - all of those things make you unique, and you put yourself on the outside of what's considered the norm.

I think that writers are, at best, outsiders to the society they inhabit. They have a kind of detachment, or try to have.

Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.

I'm not really part of that 'L.A. thing' or that celebrity culture. I'm more like someone who observes it, and I can't ever imagine being like that.

I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean.

When the whole point of Queen was to be original.

My shaven head is my way of saying 'I wont take no for an answer,' it is my way of saying 'I believe in my creativity and artistry.'

I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.

I always had that sense of being censored for the things that I thought. Why is it wrong to embroider your pants, or paint with acrylics on your clothing? Why is that weird? Isn't it weirder to want to be like everyone else?

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

I do feel like a loner but I think it's because I look at things differently than other people.

I started off in this business in 1998, and I didn't fit in. There was no place for me, and I always felt like an oddball. Nobody really understood my work or what I wanted to do in my references.

My mother is the sort of a person who has no boundaries and no filter. She also has a big ego, but it's a very unique one. And I grew up with lots of artists in an environment where conformity and the norm were totally not what anybody was after.

All my close friends are non-conformist. To say 'misfits' sounds bad, but there is something positive about being a little on the outside - it gives you an interesting perspective on things - and I think that's something Robyn and I share.

I know that whatever I put out, whether people think it's pop or noise or whatever, it's always going to be some kind of a freak or mutation. It's not going to be anything pure that a lot of people will relate to. And that's fine.

I'm amongst you all, but I'm not one of you all.

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

I guess I've always been something of an outsider.

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

I have an interest in the outsider.

I think I have kind of have the same mind-set that Kanye West has. He just likes to do his thing.