Quotes About Publicity

Oh, from what heights of blessing it is possible for a man to fall! To what depths of sin a man can descend, even with all that spiritual background! The higher the pinnacle of blessing, authority, and publicity he has attained by grace, the deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man's life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.

As a presidential candidate, Trump seems heaven-sent just to make fools out of Republicans.

I come all wreathed in a reputation the press has made for me. Judge me on my actions. That's all that counts.

Media organizations are frequently criticized for a heartless approach to the news. Stories that are damaging to a person's reputation make the front page just as quickly - and many would say even more quickly - as stories that enhance it.

I have a reputation for infamy.

I come from a country where there's a reputation for bad press.

Quite a lot is required of writers these days in terms of, if not promoting the work, then being a representative of the work. It's a difficult thing, really.

Promotion is necessary and it has to be done. I am not shying away from promotion, but going to cities and malls and raising your hands like a stupid guy is not required.

I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a little advance research on the book to come.

I don't really resent being on the red carpet as much as I do having to deal with the paparazzi.

As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.

There's one way to shut Donald Trump down, and that is don't give him the oxygen. And the oxygen comes from the clicks, the 'likes,' the shock, discussions.

I think Jon Hamm needs to just shut up and stop being such a mad man!

I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy.

I'm quite shy, so I hate seeing my private life splashed over the papers.

It was like that for the first six months after 'E.T.' was in cinemas. I'd go out and get mobbed. I was a shy kid, and being approached by adults all the time just freaked me out.

I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.

Ironically, becoming known publicly was my biggest fear. And it was partly because I'm on the whole a fairly shy person.

In my entire career? I am so sick of being asked, What's it like to kiss Mel Gibson?

You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.

I don't want to have people get completely sick of me before I've ever even done something legitimate.

I'm sick of seeing my face on television.

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.

I'm sure it's 10 times easier to handle the criticism and the paparazzi and all of that stuff with somebody by your side that you can share some of that with.