fame

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

The ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light.

When I pass my name in such large letters I blush but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Adlai Stevenson - a Henry James character in a Reader's Digest world.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt it takes off the edge of admiration.

To many fame comes too late.

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

Glory is fleeting but obscurity is forever.

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.

Fame and fortune await the few with the faith to fall forward despite frustrating failures.

This pervasive craving to be recognized as special amounted to an abdication of power, an outsourcing of your core responsibilities. I spurned the fawning of strangers, but I did feel special to myself. I had found that "feeling special" was a private experience, and no one else's projected fascination could substitute for quiet absorption in your own life.

Italian-Americans in New York had not been in much of a flag-waving mood prior to DiMaggio's arrival. By the All-Star break, the rookie had established himself as a wonderful player (.358, 10HR, 60 RBIs), fully justifying the acclaim. But Gehrig was even better (.399, 20 HR, 61 RBIs). He was leading the league in nearly every category, including invisibility.

Being famous is like a little bit of you is taken away and goes off and lives on its own and does what it wants... I wish it would do more interesting things!

Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity.