#Fame

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

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

"The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after."

"The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them."

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

"Don't set your goals by what other people deem important."

"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."

"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."

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

"Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous."

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

"But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards."

"Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste."

"You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleepwalks at night."

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

"My name is a half an hour early, but my body is on time."

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

"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."

"Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back."

"I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me."