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Fill an author with a titanic fame and you do not make him titanic; you often merely burst him.

Whether it is fame, love or respect, the Telly world has given me everything that I craved for.

Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.

Being elected to the Hall of Fame is about your career pretty much and your impact on the game.

Nothing is easier to avoid than publicity. If one genuinely doesn't want it, one doesn't get it.

The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.

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

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.

Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal.

He (Gaylord Perry) should be in the Hall of Fame with a tube of KY jelly attached to his plaque.

I could do with more mobbing. Particularly from women. I'd like to be treated like Ricky Martin.

I have always believed that fame is a curse. I never envied one of the famous people I've known.

I thought the more famous I became, the more friendships I would have, but the opposite was true.

Pau is one of the best big men in the game. I mean, Pau Gasol is going to be in the Hall of Fame.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

If fame comes after death, I'm in no hurry for it. [Lat., Si post fata venit gloria non propero.]

Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.

Keep da money, cars, fame, and jewelry, and jus give me all the happiness - I'll be good forever.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

I think our choreography, which is easy to follow, played a huge role in achieving fame in Japan.

There's nothing that can prepare you for fame and for the music business at any point in history.

The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important.

I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.

In my very first NFL game, I completed my first pass to Hall of Fame running back Marshall Faulk.

All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.

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

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

I don't know why Roger (Maris) isn't in the hall of fame. To me, he was as good as there ever was.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; riches take wings; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.

Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best.

I think fame is hard in any capacity. It's so fleeting; it's not anything that you can really grab.

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner.

I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting.

Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.

One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems.

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