Achieve Quote by Lillian Hellman

Making money isn't the goal; being famous isn't the goal. Being great is the goal - in everything I do.

— Eva Marcille

I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like…

— Rick Riordan

“We publish only to satisfy out craving for fame; there's no other motive except the even baser one of making money....”

— Thomas Bernhard

“A prominent person would utilize his or her talent to inspire and benefit others instead of excessively craving for fame and wealth to only…

— Saaif Alam

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

— Johnny Mathis

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

“Beyond imagination and insight, the most important component of talent is perseverance—the will to write and rewrite in pursuit of perfection. Therefore, when inspiration…

— Robert McKee

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something…

— Gene Weingarten

“What makes a writer successful is not money or fame (though both are nice) ... it's that in being true to her or himself,…

— Miyoko Hikiji

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

“A writer who makes serious money is never taken seriously. Writers and artists are expected to suffer poverty and privation for their art; it’s…

— Jessica Zafra

If you become famous and you start making money, then people want to give you things. It's the exact opposite of how it's supposed…

— Joel McHale