Marc Maron Quotes

We've stood by who we are and we didn't listen to anyone else.

I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.

I have refused to bend under the constant drumbeat and media attention.

I never give in to pressure.

I definitely don't ever plan on compromising, and if that means I'm rebellious, then so be it. I'm all for it.

All one can do for one's character in times like these, is to prove that one does not belong to these times.

I would rather be a man of conviction than a man of conformity

I'm going to be who I am. And if you find it offensive, if you find it to be too tough, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

I'm a purist.

If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.

People say I'm difficult and sometimes that's a badge of honour.

Growing up in the acting world, you have a lot of opportunities to change who you are and what you believe in based on how people treat you. I never wanted to do that.

I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain't never gonna do it any different. I don't care who likes it and who don't.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure.

I don't think you could change my father; he is a very strong character. He believes totally in honesty.

I'm the most stubborn person I know.

I could never change the overall feel of my music. That's why people like me - I don't follow trends, and I don't follow crowds.

I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.

It is better to die standing, than to live bending.

Consistency frequently launches its devotees into obstinacy.