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Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.

Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.

Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.

Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.

Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.

Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.

Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things.

Fame is like a big piece of meringue - it's beautiful, and you keep eating it, but it doesn't really fill you up.

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