Self Classification Quotes

I'm probably a Libertarian, if I had to put myself in any category. But you don't come out and talk about these things, for obvious reasons.

I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.

I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.

I don't consider what I do 'art.' It's 'storytelling.'

If you're a lame brain, then you're a lame brain. I can't help that.

I guess if I had to classify myself, I'd say I'm straight.

I'm not a comedienne. I'm an actress.

I don't classify myself as the first space tourist because I wasn't as though I paid and had a holiday out of it - although I had a fab time.

I want, I think, to be omniscient. I think I would like to call myself "the girl who wanted to be God." Yet if I were not in this body where would I be-perhaps I am destined to be classified and qualified. But, oh, I cry out against it.

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.

I classify myself as a comedian, but I'm one of those comedians who also acts so that I can split the difference and feel insecure about both.

If had to label myself, I guess classical liberal would be best.

I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.

I am my own demographic.

I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.

I wouldn't claim to be a gamer. I have played video games in the past.

Most of my poetry lies beyond the SF field, yet here I am corralled into 'SF poetry' as part of this poetry weekend. Of course, some might say, 'you've made your own bed - now you must lie in it!' But, while fully accepting that dictum, I'm not yet quite prepared to lie down.

I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.

I have a real hard time classifying anything as my biggest moment, my favorite color or whatever.

If man had not been his own classifier, he would never have thought of founding a separate order for his own reception.

Bookstores never seem to know where to put me on the shelves. But I do. I love my genre and I love those writers, so I am happy to be considered a crime writer. That's what I consider myself.