Salman Rushdie Quotes

Your uniqueness is your strength. Remember that. Don't mold yourself to others or to what others think. You're an individual. You're special.

I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.

One of the saddest things about conformity is the ghastly sort of non-conformity it breeds; the noisy protesting, the aggressive rebelliousness, the rigid counter-fetishism.

If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.

The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform.

Being other than normal is a perilous advantage.

Follow your own weird.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

I'm timeless, I got that Dickensian, London street-urchin look in high school. I'll never be in style, but I'll always be different.

Be different; be unique; be yourself.

To be like other people is to be unlike ourselves.

People might look at you as super-weird, but if that's your obsession, go for it. I do like a lot of mainstream stuff, and sometimes I also like different stuff. I tend to always root for the underdog.

Hollywood wants to make women so perfect. Perfect hair. Perfect job. Perfect manners... I know some of the most beautiful women, and they are so weird. That's what makes them funny and captivating.

Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.

I don't think it's the most important thing in life to fit it. I think it's the most important thing in life to dance to the beat of your own drum and to look like you're having more fun than the people who look cool like they fit in.

I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.

One must renounce the bad taste of wishing to agree with many people.

Mylife might be little and boring, but at least it’s mine - not some assembly-line, secondhand, hand-me-down life.

Just do something that makes you stand out. Even if not everyone likes it, just do it.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.

I just try to be myself and not conform to something I'm not and just continue doing what I do. I just try not to think about the fact that I'm an inspiration for people.

Everyone may be ordinary, but they're not normal.

Be yourself cause everyone else is already taken.

When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.