Ambition Quote by Zadie Smith

Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing…

— Aidan Chambers

I always ask young writers, 'Are you certain you want to be a writer? If you're absolutely sure, then do it.' If you really…

— Herbert Gold

I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I plan on…

— Amanda Hocking

Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can…

— Leon Uris

If you can't write well then your ambition to become famous in this way will be frustrated. Either that or you have to get…

— Richard Lewontin

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

— Peter Carey

Maybe it goes without saying that if you want to become a famous writer before you’re dead, you’ll have to write something. But the…

— Ariel Gore

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have…

— Michael Ian Black

So in that way, fame has become a weirder thing to go after, but the thing about me is I've never been after fame.…

— Moshe Kasher