Quotes About Individuality

I don't associate myself with anything. I don't associate myself with where I'm from or where I am.

I always wanted to act, but not because my parents were associated with the industry.

I never assume anyone will see or like things I do, honestly!

I have a Chicago personality, which means that just because I'm friends with one person, I don't assume I'm friends with his friends.

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.

There are people who try to get atheists to form a sort of atheist church and have atheist community singsongs and things. I don't see the need for that, but if people want to do it, why shouldn't they?

I'm never going to be an athlete, never going to be running triathlons - I'm not that person.

I really didn't have one particular athlete I liked growing up.

Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.

I don't run like any type of athlete.

One thing about me is that my parents didn't force me to be an athlete.

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

I got my own sound in Atlanta because I don't listen to anybody's music. When you listen to people's music, you start to say stuff they say as an artist because that's what you've been listening to. Me, I don't listen to anybody. I support, but I don't listen, because I don't want to run with someone style. I do my own thing.

You have to create your own atmosphere.

There's a difference between people being free and the atmosphere of 'freedom.'

I didn't like being a name attached to a book.

I want to be my own person. I want to make a name for myself instead of having the name attached to me.

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to.

I try to act with my whole body and, for better or worse, this is the face that's attached to it.

For podcasters, people are just being themselves in a public fashion. So when someone is attacking a podcast, they're really attacking the person, because the person is the podcast. So I think that's why podcasters take it to heart. It's a very personal form of media, probably the most personal form of media.

If I focus on one person, the idea is that, oh, now you've attained this goal and beaten one person. One person. Well, what about the rest of them? Now how are you going to feel about fighting them? What's the motiviation there?

I always had this attitude of, 'They don't get to tell me how I live my life.'

I just make films that attract me.

But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.