Amanda Seales Quotes

I'm an artist, and I'm a bit weird, and I'm probably a bit eccentric.

Only children are weird. The only children I know, including myself, are either superweird or very talented and special or a mix of the two. I think there was always a certain independence and loneliness - I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid.

If the sad truth be known, writers, being the misfits we are, probably ought not to belong to families in the first place. We simply are too self-interested, though we may excuse the flaw by calling it 'focused.'

I wonder if it is Australia's great distance from more populated land masses that allows its inhabitants to be left to their own devices, to be incredibly creative and, at times, to be wonderfully weird.

The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.

Nowadays, everybody wanna be weird. We know how to manifest being weird.

I'm a reclusive weirdo.

I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.

What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower.

I'm an only child, so I'm pretty much a loner.

When I finally gave up any hope of doing anything representative of the American family, I actually seemed to have tapped into other people's weirdness in that way.

Be the weirdest little weird in all Weird Town.

Solitude begets whimsies.

Everyone has their thing, and I was the weird, artsy kid.

I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know.

I had friends, but I was always a bit weird.

For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.

She had become accustomed to being lonely. She was used to walking alone and to being considered 'different.' She did not suffer too much.

True individualists are always at odds with the universe. Set adrift by their peculiar tastes and interests, they spend their lives searching for kindred spirits and a compatible mate. They are hopelessly out of step with the business world and its trivial urgencies. Their priorities are not the priorities of their neighbors. They are unique; therefore they are alone.

Genius, whether locked up in a cell or roaming at large, is always solitary.

True individuality can be lonely.

The greater the spirit, the more one is alone.

I think I'd like to be one of those eccentric 80-year-old women.

One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.