Harry Mathews Quotes

In a very slow way, I found my path. Even now, I think, 'If I can't do it my way, I'd rather not do it.'

Atlanta has become and has always been a place where you create your own universe.

I really wanted to find my own path.

I want to follow my path.

What does it mean to be an individual? What does it mean to flourish?

Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

I believe in letting each person find what they need and not getting involved with their destiny.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

For my own personal growth I had to set out on my own.

Your life is yours and yours alone. Rise up and live it.

My life choices are not supposed to be the gateway to somebody else's. That's my journey.

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

I just love the idea of going into a room and creating something by myself.

I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what that is.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

It was important to me and, I think, important to my parents that I be on my own and figure things out on my own and kind of forge my own path, and I'm really grateful for that.

I had to find my own path, and in some ways, it's been a good thing.

You do not start by working on society; you start by yourself to be a freer person and a more independent person.

I'll remain an individual, and as long as I get excited about something, I'll do it.

I grow beyond my family's limitations and live for myself. It is my turn now.

Have your own life before you become somebody's wife.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

Those who fear that we are losing our individualism couldn't be more wrong: Americans have never been more free to create and recreate themselves.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.