Joanne Harris Quotes

You'll never stand out if your goal in life is to fit in.

Express who you are in a world where everyone is the same.

I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the odd one out. It's not about 'Look at me! Look at me!' It's about really becoming someone else.

I always tried so hard to fit in, and then I figured out that I didn't want to fit.

Conforming is not cool.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

If you try to follow everyone else's mold, you'll probably fail at some point because God created us uniquely for a reason.

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

I tried to be different; I didn't want to be like everybody else.

If you do the same as all the rest, you're the same as all the rest: I don't want to be just another player.

I've never tried to be like anybody else. I'm a non-conformist in every way, and when it comes to wrestling, that's certainly true, too.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.

What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?

To be an individual is the hardest thing in the world, because nobody likes you to be an individual. Everybody wants to kill your individuality and to make a sheep out of you. Nobody wants you to be on your own.

Be neither a conformist or a rebel, for they are really the same thing. Find your own path, and stay on it.

Be original. The world will try to fit you into a mold, but carve your own path.

I'm a smart enough person to know that I don't want everyone to be cookie-cutter versions of the nine guys who wear Converse sneakers.

It's boring to be like everybody.

Develop your legitimate strangeness.

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

Having to be different is the same trap as having to be the same.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.