Bruce Sterling Quotes

The only concept or experience or core belief that I can attribute my other-ness to is that I just started out a weirdo and I stayed a weirdo. And it took me a long time to embrace my outsidership and see it as a strength rather than a weakness.

From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a blonde, blue-eyed cheerleader but I'm going to get out of here and do something.'

In comics, we're all weird together. I can go to a comics convention and not stand out, even though I'm the only woman in a headscarf there, because the guy next to me has a beard and a Sailor Moon costume.

There are no normal people, there are just different kinds of weird.

I've always been into the not stereotypical hunk guy - I'm into dorky, like I call it adorkable. And I think that a lot of girls are into that. I think there's something disarming about it and endearing and also puts you at ease and there's an attractiveness there - it's like a good sense of humor, self-deprecating, weirdness. You know? Because I think we all have that in ourselves, but we just try to hide it because it's not "cool," but a lot of people can kind of relate to that feeling or the outsider feeling.

I would prove to you that being different isn't a death sentence but a call to arms.

If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.

When I was little, like Maleficent, I was told that I was different - and I felt out of place, and too loud, too full of fire, never good at sitting still, never good at fitting in. And then one day I realized something, something I hope you all realize. Different is good.

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

When you're a weird geek, the way to sell yourself is to show your skills.

I feel like I've given up a lot of my fantasies. I just want to do things differently, and to a lot of people that's annoying. I like weird stuff. I always hoped if we had a big success it would be on our own terms.

You can only accomplish your object in life by complete disregard of the opinions of other people.

It's Wierd not to be Wierd.

Here's why I like geek culture: People like what they like because they like it. They're not trying to fit into any mainstream likes or dislikes.

What other people think of me is not my business. What I do is what I do. How people see me doesn’t change what I decide to do.

I refuse to follow the rules where society tries to control people with low self esteem.

I would encourage people to realize that you don't have to panic if you're not part of a mainstream, or if you find yourself outside the flow. If it doesn't suit you, don't go along with it. Just sit it out and get your stuff done. Don't just sit moaning or getting drunk—I spent some years doing that. But if you can just come up with something of your own, however minor it is, that's going to be easier to live with when you're at the end of your life.

Don't live your life to please other people.

I'm alienated from this world because its weird and I don't want to be a part of it. I want to be part of the people that are more imaginative and crazy.

I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.

Don't create for the masses. Create for the people who are your kind of weird.

Always stay true to yourself. Some people will like it, some people won't. Life goes on.

There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough.

I have to live for me. I have to do what I need to do for me, and I have stopped concerning myself with what people say.