Quotes About Fame

I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.

Lockhart'll sign anything if it stands still long enough.

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

I can't believe gow many famous people and TV cameras there are in this room," said Mrs Walker, looking around at the other tables. "I feel like a star." "You always look like a star to me," said Mr Walker, smiling at her.

Courtney Love is really cool and funny. I would like to meet Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz. I think I could play their daughters.

Most of the people on Death Row are here for no other reason than that their case got more publicity than others. The difference between a man receiving a prison sentence and a man receiving a death sentence could be decided by nothing more than a slow news day.

And my marriage was perfect when I wasn't famous.

I never thought about being famous.

If no one knows you, then you are no one.

Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.

Interestingly, in this case the artist comes a distinct third, showing how less famous artists can be sidelined as other preoccupations in the writing of art history come to the fore.

I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.

People talk about 'getting rid of the old image', and I guess there's some merit in that. But the truth is that people loved 'The Wonder Years' - I can't turn my back on it.

Look at Jessica Simpson. She's famous for being dumb. I guess it started with Marylyn Monroe, and she actually wasn't that dumb, but that's how she was perceived - and that's what got popular.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire good PR.

I will be the biggest, richest, most popular writer in history. You just watch, dead reader. I'll be the biggest whore ever!

I can't go to war with paparazzi.

Would anyone remember the story of Godiva if she lowered Coventry's taxes without taking her clothes off?

A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.

A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some hire PR officers.

Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.