Three quarters of respectable England hates you.””Half,” Sebastian replied with a smile. “It’s really only half. Judging by my correspondence, it may be as little as forty-eight percent. And of those, only a small number...

After seeing the results of the study, the (Hall of Fame) board felt it was important to hold an election.

In a country that doesn’t discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

The world of light and starry grace;within your mind I live to trace.Your thought’s speed in thunder’s glory,lightening my being with dream’s story.I embrace the tree carrying your nameYour unspoken wish : the heart of...

Good choice,’ Laura Said. ‘Our neighbour, Mrs Crabtree, came round this morning and she put it best. Her theory is that fame is like a bubble. It looks gorgeous on the outside, as if it’s...

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

He’s a lock for the Hall of Fame.

The most reliable topic for small talk is the goings-on of stars whether they’re rising or falling, and whether nor not a particular story is truth or fiction. This is way out of balance. It...

I never wanted to be prominent enough to have enemies.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.”[Modernism’s Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)]

INSCRIPTION, n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kinds, but mostly memorial, intended to commemorate the fame of some illustrious person and hand down to distant ages the record of his services...

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup.

I am the one that exposed the situation last November. I will get my five minutes of fame in seven to ten days now.

Drown those degrading thoughts.

Options abound world over, Options to choose from and be the best.

If I were named Brad Pitt, I’d thank the actor by the same name, because due to his hard work and handsomeness, I’d be famous.

Any celebrity will tell you there’s no money in being invisible. But any bank robber will tell you there’s all the money in the world to be had if you’re invisible. I want my body...

I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There’s no stopping. I...

I think, because…well, I like the idea of coming up with a story that never existed before, but I don’t really want to be in charge. I don’t want to be famous. I guess I...

It’d be great to be so famous that if I murder someone, I will never, ever, ever serve any jail time, even if it’s totally obvious to everyone that I did it.

Life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.

The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.

I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)… ‘I spoke to three scholars,’ [the character says...

The meaning of life in western secular society is to be successful. So many people are success mad and they are encouraged to reach for something and have so called “worthwhile goals”. Money, fame, power,...

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

I think I know what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn’t something that I find comfortable.

The thoughts of othersWere light and fleeting,Of lovers’ meetingOr luck or fame.Mine were of trouble,And mine were steady;So I was readyWhen trouble came.

The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.

The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor’s shoulders.

Shun darkness and evil vices for they that embrace them wear off with time!

I want a billion people to know my name as well as they know their own. I want to clone myself to fame.

People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfilment out of doing the thing you love.

The Hall Of Fame Is Built On Quicksand

It is not our fame or wealth that puts us in danger; it is our arrogance and egotism

Because wouldn’t it be terrible if you slipped and hurt yourself?

Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

A celebrity is an object that the media manufactures today, just so they have a subject tomorrow.

Fame is nothing but the sum of all the misunderstandings that cluster around a new name…Wherever a human achievement becomes truly great, it seeks to hide its face in the lap of general, nameless greatness.

Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because he was the head of a firm that designed atomic bombs. I listened...

Forever encased in the amber of a writer’s prose.