Famous Quotes
“I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.”
“Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.”
-- Peter Carey
“The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.”
-- Susan Sontag
“The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.”
-- Kristen Stewart
“I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with Nicole, which she admits that she initiated the physical part.”
-- O. J. Simpson
“Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.”
-- Mary Lou Retton
“I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.”
-- Eva Herzigova