#Fame

"One can't work/by limelight.//A bowlful/right at/one's elbow//produces no/more than/a baleful/glow against/the kitchen table.//The fruit purveyor's/whole unstable/pyramid//doesn't equal/what daylight did."

"The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal."

"Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name."

"Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to chase."

"Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work."

"God rewards every act of obedience to His Will."

"Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter."

"People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory."

"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."

"I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell! They ’d banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!"

"We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about."

"Why are they all staring?"demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students."Don’t let it worry you,"said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous."

"Fame or perceived success - it all comes from groupthink."

"The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it."

"An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have."

"Some of you may be perfectly happy with mediocrity. Some of you will get nothing but heartbreak. Some of you will be heralded as geniuses and become huge. Of course, all of you think that one describes you...hence the delusion necessary to push on."

"Another way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence."

"Dare to be different. Represent your maker well and you will forever abide in the beautiful embrace of his loving arms."

"The presence of God is so important in the life of believers. There is abundance of all you need to make your life comfortable in His presence."

"€7,500, first-class, everything—and all that for 40 minutes selling them some old stuff."