Iain Sinclair Quotes

I refuse to act the way someone expects me to.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

I'm very much of an individual myself, and I do things sometimes that the next person probably won't, or wouldn't, do because they're not me.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

I think I always had, like, a rebellious spirit. But it wasn't a rebellious spirit to do wrong. It was a rebellious spirit to do something different.

I've always wanted to be my own player from the start and do things a bit differently to what the others do. I want to play my own way.

I don't like following in people's footsteps; I like making my own trail.

Always be yourself and rebel against what people tell you should be and be whatever you want to.

A lot of people ask why I don't fly for the airlines now. It's because of the rebel in me that doesn't like rules.

I do what I want to do instead of what other people think I should do, and I'm kind of stubborn that way.

I said what I felt, and people try to control people. But you can never control me. I'm a 31-year-old juvenile delinquent. Nobody can control me.

I can be as contrary as I choose.

I love people that willfully defy what you're supposed to be and create their own definition of their selves.

I'm not a clone, and I'm not a minion.

I don't believe in other people's ideas. I have my own ideas.

I don't follow other players or the tournaments they play. I have my own schedule and do my own thing. I never really think, 'Oh, I want to be or play like so-and-so.' I just like being myself.

I'm totally committed to the cause of individuality. That's the only thing I stand by: independence.

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

I just live my own life, and I don't read any of the magazines.

As far as things I avoid, I always avoid following trends just because they're trends.

Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing.