Anais Nin Quotes

I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.

I couldn't follow nobody's rules.

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

I will never be a leader of men, and neither do I want to be one, and neither do I want to be led. I thought: I want to lead only myself.

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

I was seen in earlier years by family members and people of authority as somebody wasting his time. I had trouble with the restrictions of conformity. It made me edgy.

I wouldn't want to even try to begin to describe our customer, as I think she likes a certain amount of anonymity. I try to offer clothes that allow that. I myself do not like being defined so readily, so I imagine that she is similar?

I don't like people telling me what to do. I'm very independent.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while.

I don't run behind authority.

I really rebel against authority.

The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns.

I'm not gonna be a slave. I'm a rock n' roller.

When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.

I don't care much about conforming.

I'm that weird guy; I hate being told what to do.

So I don't think I'm gonna pull my head into my shell just because a bunch of people start acting like idiots.

I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.

I don't want to follow the herd.

I could never take orders from anyone.

Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.