Quotes About Recognition

If I had never touched Holmes, who has tended to obscure my higher work, my position in literature would at the present moment be a more commanding one.

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.

I have never seen people who could do real work except under the stimulus of encouragement and enthusiasm and the approval of the people for whom they are working.

he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing

Well, it's wonderful to be identified strongly with my work.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

The ones that work out really and ones that become something to the audience, those are the most important people.

I'd like to win a Booker Prize for writing. A Nobel Peace Prize for my work in peace... and I think that'll probably do.

They said, congratulations you got what it takes. They sent him back to the rat race without any brakes.

I'm not sure I'll ever be famous by anyone's definition. I can only hope to be allowed by the audience to continue my life's work.

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you.

You have to do more than just talk about work. You have to really reward the people who are out there doing it.

When Oprah Winfrey wears something, it works out, too. But if someone's having "a moment," that always helps.

Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!

A lot of people don't want to put that work in they just want to be famous.

I don't want to be typecast as the 'ambient guy' or someone who only does electronic scores. I think most of the work that comes my way is because people feel they know me musically.

I'm easy with employees. I make sure they get credit for their work. Naturally, sometimes a guy will screw up, and I'll have to apply some "retraining."

I always expected my work to be what was noticed, appreciated or what would eventually succeed, not my sexuality.

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.

The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.

When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.

Early on, my emotional work had to do with feeling unheard and invisible.

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity.