William Joyce Quotes

I'm just a troublemaker.

I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office.

I so never went through a bad-girl period.

I love playing the bad girl.

I always had a pretty good knack for raising hell.

I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.

I had always broken the rules.

I was a total bad girl growing up.

I try to be bad, but nobody will let me.

I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.

Yes, I'm still going to misbehave!

I've always tended to play people who relish playing against the rules.

What I was really into as a kid, anything that drove my mother crazy or made her nervous, and not much has changed.

I was a real rebel. I got expelled.

I love playing the bad guy getting away with stuff. I was that kid who learned from my older brothers who got away with everything by smiling.

I just don't want people to think I'm too sweet of a boy; and little miss angel boy, because I'm going to get caught doing somebody horrible.

I never said I was a 'good girl.' I'm not a bad girl.

The compulsion to do the opposite of what you are told does not lend itself to many occupations outside the entertainment industry. Within the industry, it is unlikely that you will be very successful without it.

I'm not looking to shock anyone.

Growing up with Bronx Irish parents during an era of protests against the status quo, I was especially committed to doing the opposite of what I was told to do. Forty-four years later, I am left with only one means of making a living: comedy.

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

I like breaking the rules.

Yeah, I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff.

Breaking accepted rules does bring people together.

You are remembered for the rules you break.