Country Quote by Kent Haruf

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. It's not really any very heady fame.

— Peter Carey

I think it's all to the good that a writer shouldn't be too famous. Because, in a country where a writer may be famous,…

— Jorge Luis Borges

By sending the contradictory message that the famous are just plain folks on Mount Olympus, America has forged a relentless tension between loftiness and…

— Florence King

The writer in America isn't part of the culture of this country. He's like a fine dog. People like him around, but he's of…

— William Faulkner

“Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.”

— Daniel Rodriguez

“Many Hollywoodians may have good taste and an interest in culture but they certainly hide it. They're afraid they'll be branded as sissies if…

— Vincent Price

I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film…

— Adrian Grenier

Celebrity is more than a culture today; it is an industry, complete with fame factories.

— Mal Fletcher

We have such a weird celebrity culture in our country where we elevate talented, successful, or beautiful people to a level of perceived greater…

— Samantha Ponder

That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes…

— Raymond Chandler

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…

— Fran Lebowitz

We as humans, we're not solitary people, we're like dogs, we like to live in packs and know about one another. And, if anything,…

— Ben Fogle