Rita Mae Brown Quotes

The conformist understands that the reason of his desperate look for conformism is that he realises he is different and that he never accepted his difference.

All I want to do is be normal. But really, it's other people who won't let me be that way.

I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.

I've never been cool and I don't really care about being cool. It's just an awful lot of time and hair gel wasted.

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

You don't worry about being liked. You have to be yourself.

I'm sure I was a great disappointment to many women because I wasn't Errol Flynn. But I'm me. I think that's got some merit.

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

I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

If I am not grotesque, I am nothing.

Well, sometimes when you say you want to be like everybody else, you're really saying that you're not.

If I gave a damn what other people think of me, I would be more like other people.

I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you.

Very often, people are obsessed with what others think of them. It's like if a flower wants to be a cactus or a palm but it's not. A flower is a flower, and that's enough. That's all you have to do is be a flower.

I didn't want to be anyone else.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

You want everybody to like your work, but when you look at what's fashionable or trendy, it's pretty obvious that I don't exactly fit.

You don't have to be the cool party guy, getting everyone's attention.

I never had any trouble being myself. Myself was a problem for a lot of people, but I didn't have a problem.

I have a message about how you should completely be yourself and not give a damn what everyone thinks about you. Look how you like; you're amazing how you are.

People sometimes are afraid to be who they are because of other people's ideals.

Sometimes, people only change what they look like for the acceptance of other people, and that's where you start going wrong.

I don't want to feel like I have to change myself or my image.

I don't want to be liked by everyone.