Tom Herman Quotes

The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.

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

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

I think if I'm controversial it's not because I set out to be. It's because I've never felt comfortable being part of someone else's mainstream community.

I've never liked categories; I've never liked boxes; I've always tried to be unconventional as much as I possibly could.

I've never been very good at fitting into boxes.

I like being unconventional.

We've never tried to fit any mould because we already broke the one we started.

I am not a conformist.

I've always been like, if society's trying to push me in one direction, I always rebel against it, thinking, 'Nope, I'm going to do the opposite, something that is not expected.'

I was anti-conformist.

I don't do things by the book.

I'm quite un-traditional.

Whenever possible, I operate outside the system.

I always do things that are not the flavour of the season. And that's why people like me.

I'm drawn to things that aren't particularly popular at the time. I don't know why.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

I don't live by a lot of society's rules; I can't pattern myself after the herd.

I am a contrarian.

I never quite toed the line.

How do you rebel in a family of rebels?

When people expect me to go right, I'll go left. I'm unpredictable.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

I wasn't overwhelmed by dogma, and that sort of freed me up to look at things differently.

I made it a point not to graduate. I thought that was a positive, independent kind of statement.