Dorothy Gilman Quotes

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so.

Defiance, not obedience, is the American's answer to overbearing authority.

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me.

When someone tells me not to do something, I'll do it more.

I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

I always wanted to rebel.

I really wasn't very much of a rebel. I'm seen by people now as more of a rebel which is strange. I don't like doing what people tell me to do. I don't deliberately rebel against them.

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do.

I do not bow. I do not obey. I do not 'worship.'

I'm bad at doing what I'm told. I'm a born free thinker.

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 wasn't that kid where if you told me 'No,' I was just going to do it anyway.

If there's anything I think that you've seen about me, it's that I'm the rebellious girl.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

I'm sort of contrary and stubborn sometimes. When everybody says, 'You have to read this book! You have to read this book!' I'm like 'Oh, I'll get around to it.'

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.

I was a bit of a rebel.

I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.

I hate being forced to do things. I hate people telling me what to do, so I'll do the complete opposite. It's a bit self-destructive sometimes.

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

I could never take orders from anyone.

I'm not trying to be some kind of underground renegade.