Quotes About Attention

The truth is, you have about three paragraphs in a short story, three pages in a novel, to capture that editor's attention enough for her to finish your story.

The truth is that both groups want to be noticed. Yet we view a man's desire for attention as a natural instinct; with a woman, we label her a narcissist.

Relax...90% of haters are begging for love. 10% just want a little attention

When I'm the person in front of the microphone, and I'm the person in the light, I want to reflect and refract the light onto places where they need the attention, where I don't need it.

Vengeance fixes your attention on life's ugliest moments. Is this where you want to look? Remember: God dispenses perfect justice.

Nothing is easier to avoid than publicity. If one genuinely doesn't want it, one doesn't get it.

People want to see the car crash instead of the race. But, when you're the one in the car that's crashing, it's not much fun. I'm enjoying the race.

The best headlines are those that appeal to the reader's self-interest, that is, headlines based on reader benefits. They offer readers something they want - and get from you.

Only a catastrophe gets our attention. We want them, we depend on them. As long as they happen somewhere else.

I don't even like to go out onto the streets sometimes because I can't get anything done. People want pictures and autographs all the time.

I pride myself in listening. When you have people paying attention to you, your biggest job is to listen what they want. Deliver what your community wants.

Fame makes me feel wanted and loved, anybody wants that.

I have a problem with the strip that runs along the bottom of the news programs. Don't these idiots who run the news programs know we don't want to read? That's why we're watching TV.

Sometimes you watch comedians and feel like they're jerking off in front of you, but they want you to see how big it is.

Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway.

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write.

A writer can get into a vast deal of trouble through misquotation. If you ever want to receive lots of mail, I recommend you get a Shakespeare quote wrong in a magazine or newspaper.

With my dog I don't get no respect. He keeps barking at the front door. He don't want to go out. He wants me to leave.

The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.

Men are kids at heart. They want to be nourished and pet like a dog.

Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.

Careful. We don't want to learn from this.

Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.

Stay present. You'll always have time to worry later on if you want to.