Miranda July Quotes

I'm just a human being that is in touch with myself. And I'm honest with myself. And I really, at the end of the day, don't care what people say. I never cared about what people say.

My lesson would be to not sell yourself to anybody else and stay true to yourself.

It's about finding where you're comfortable with yourself and staying true to yourself no matter the circumstances.

You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own your thing, or own it with very fiber of your being.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

If I wasn't true to myself, I couldn't live with myself.

I always try to be true to who I am and just be myself.

I am going to be myself. To me, that is going to take care of the rest.

I used to tell myself that I will always be myself.

I would much rather be hated for who I am, then loved for something that I am not.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.

Don't change for nobody.

I can't go against my nature because I am what I am. I don't try to be anyone different to who I am.

Be yourself. Unapologetically.

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

I've never been a popular person, but it doesn't matter. I have everything in my life that I want. I'm not a walking publicity stunt. I'm not an anarchist, or bitter. I'm not trying to be subversive. I just try to remain unguarded, unprotected by fear, and agents and publicists, and I feel comfortable that way.

What's the greater risk? Letting go of what people think - or letting go of how I feel, what I believe, and who I am?

I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.

I'm at peace with myself because what I talk about is the way I live.

One of the hardest things to do is to be present and open and clear about who you are and what you stand for. We all have issues with that.

My friends and the people who are close to me know what I am. And that is enough.

To me, a strong sense of self isn't believing in a lot.

As hard as it is, owning who you are and knowing what you want is the only sure path to affirmation... I want women to know they can get out of any situation if they return to their core source of strength: themselves.

It's not a good feeling to hide a huge part of your life. If you were meant to be somebody else, you'd be somebody else, so don't change who you are.