“I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.”
Magnus Carlsen (1990) Norwegian chess player
Meet Magnus Carlsen, The New King of Chess - TIME, Eben Harrell Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948809,00.html
Miranda July (1974) American performance artist, musician and writer
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You
“I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.”
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (1968) Canadian writer
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
“I am an athlete, and as an athlete it’s normal to keep challenging to do more and more.”
Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) Japanese figure skater (1994-)
Interpretation of a Japanese interview, as quoted in an article https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/sports/olympics/yuzuru-hanyu.html of The New York Times, written by Jeré Longman, published 4 January 2018. (Retrieved 10 September 2020) <br class="br">Other quotes, 2018
“I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.”
Cormac McCarthy book All the Pretty Horses
Source: All the Pretty Horses
“With my background and genetic makeup, buddy, you're lucky I'm as normal as I am.
(Katra Agrotera)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Variant: You’re really not right, are you? (Sin)
With my background and genetic makeup, buddy, you’re lucky I’m as normal as I am. (Kat)
Source: Devil May Cry
Shreya Ghoshal (1984) Indian playback singer
Asked about maintaining her image http://www.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/I-am-a-girl-next-door-Shreya-Ghoshal/articleshow/9455640.cms
