Quotes About Notoriety

The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.

I want to be famous everywhere.

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

I don't expect anybody to know who I am.

It wasn't until the late '70s that a lot of people knew me.

I always aimed at being a legend.

I literally was famous before I knew my own name.

Everyone has been talking about me. Whether they love me, whether they hate me, whether they love to hate me, I don't really care; they're talking about me.

Some people are larger than life. Hitler is larger than death.

We welcome almost any break in the monotony of things, and a man has only to murder a series of wives in a new way to become known to millions of people who have never heard of Homer.

You know, I have a very bad reputation.

I love being talked about. I'm the center of every ones attention. I FEEL SO FAMOUS! :)

You will grow to be hated when you become well known.

Many are the stories I have heard about myself. I have mistresses I have never met. When I hear that I am a sodomist and a zoophalist then I shall know that I have reached the high point of fame, but I suppose I can hardly expect such exaltation for many years.

The best thing about being famous is that it makes it easier to get laid.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

I never pursued being 'famous.'

I learned that famous writers are people with foibles like anyone else and this helped me realize reaching their level of notoriety wasn't impossible.

This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are.

I never enjoyed being famous.

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.

I don't want to be famous for being famous.