"Writers write for fame, wealth, power and the…" — Sigmund Freud

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• I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
• Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius
• Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. — Wystan Hugh Auden
• I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see… — Dan Aykroyd
• Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. — Francis Bacon
• Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you… — Francis Bacon
• Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some… — Kevin Bacon
• I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame… — Lloyd Banks
• I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous. — Tyra Banks
• There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone… — George Matthew Adams
• Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may… — George Matthew Adams
• I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy. — Brigitte Bardot

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