Fame Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.

— Samuel Johnson

“Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution.…

— George Orwell

Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

— Fannie Hurst

“A writer doesn't dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leave behind a piece of themselves,…

— CK Webb

“When dealing with writers it breaks down like this: a regular writer is your average everyday megalomaniac. Like every artist, there's a part of…

— Hannah Strom-Martin

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

— W. H. Auden

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of…

— Blaise Pascal

Even those who argue against fame still want the books they write against it to bear their name in the title and hope to…

— Michel De Montaigne

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

— Marianne Moore

“He made writing look easy and critics hate that. They like evidence of a struggle, of creative agony, wringing the masterpiece out of one’s…

— Jessica Zafra

Fame isn't healthy for a writer.

— Kent Haruf

Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence,…

— Leonard Bishop