Quotes About Publicity

Some people do believe that any publicity is good publicly, but I don't. I would never want to be in news for rumours.

The story of my life publicly has been told through 'Alternative Press.' Former employees, people who have worked there - my friend Ryan Downey, who wrote for 'AP' for a long time - I've been able to have really great articles written about me and talk openly about things in my life.

I've seen up close what can happen when actors talk publicly about their relationships: their personal life gets dismantled. It's a show business game, and it's one game I won't play.

I think social media brings another dynamic to running for office so publicly.

I know many YouTubers who are these amazing LGBTQ icons for young people, but many of them have not come out publicly, even though they're well-known online.

I feel like it's my job to potentially make fun of people publicly, but I do it in a fun manner.

Until I came out publicly, I wasn't really living my fullest life. I was trying to be who I thought I was supposed to be, which never turns out good, and I wasn't fulfilled.

We made mistakes publicly.

When you go through things publicly, there's no hiding.

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

There's a difference between publicity and marketing. A lot of writers don't realize how much marketing goes on beyond the scenes, with sales reps and advanced reading copies, all that stuff that happens months before a book is published.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

Publishers were ever eager for authors to do their own publicity because nobody else was willing to do it for nothing. But then it became clear that if you want somebody to champion the story, there's nobody better than the person who made it all up.

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when you get it, it's kind of soul-destroying.

On the street, on the train - I pull my hat down, and nobody knows it's me. I always wanted the kind of fame that came with an off button.

It seems like they never say anything bad about actors, they just pump them up.

Australians love to pump you up when you're nobody. Then, when you start to put your head above water and say, 'Well, actually, I am a bit different, I am an individual and I do have a particular talent', or whatever, they want to go after you. But the good news is that once you reach a certain level, I think they start to leave you alone.

How many people can say that they've punched a fan?

Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.

It was OK for the media to pursue Former President Clinton year after year for lying about a private, consensual sexual affair, but we have five justices who committed one of the biggest crimes in American History, and it ceased to be a big story.

After the success of Stephen's book, a whole new crowd of people became very interested in him, and the family was just pushed into a corner.

I had the flu in New York and pushed the President of the United States off the front pages.

The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.