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" Fame is a lot of pressure, especially when you're responsible for your entire family. Financially, emotionally - everything. "

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Marilynne Robinson

" My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated. "

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

" I remember pogs and sticky hands. I remember both. I wanted to get into pogs. I remember it was, like, all of a sudden it was here, then gone. "

" I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India. "

" I have my own spiritual guru, and I'm so happy, and I feel so satisfied that I might appreciate many other famous gurus, but, you know, I am not attracted that way because I have found the person. "

" I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives. "

Elizabeth Gilbert

" But I don't feel the need to be famous. "

" To be fair to David Brent, he wants to be famous for doing something, for being a musician, but he's just not good enough. "

Not Good Enough

" I've always strived to be successful, not famous. "

" I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that you will know who it's about. "

" Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. "

Michael N. Castle

" I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston. "

" Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think. "

" It's so awesome to be a part of something that is successful not because there's a famous person in it or because it's a revival of something, but because it's so fresh and original. "

" I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different. "

" I don't think it's anything you ever get used to... for many years, I could never sort of put my name in the same sort of category as the word 'famous' or anything like that. And I just found it very uncomfortable... if you get used to it, then something must be wrong. "

" I was famous in a way that was kind of terrifying. I had no protection. When reporters showed up at my house, there wasn't even a sidewalk. They were literally parked on my front lawn. "

" 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 autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal. "

Patrick Rothfuss

" There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything. "

" For me a Writing Day was an occasion for self-reproach and panic, a time to lament the passing of the years, stare out of windows and remember that even those famous late starters Joseph Conrad and George Eliot had started by the age I was now. "

Howard Jacobson

" Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do. "

" Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life. "

Michael Morpurgo

" I'm not famous, which generally is an absolute plus point, but if you're on TV, or someone knows who you are, it can be quite helpful to a certain charity or certain cause. "

Jodie Whittaker

" I appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life. "

" I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "

Yves Saint Laurent

" It was never in my mind to be famous. "

" The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to. "

" I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother. "

Elizabeth Olsen

" It's my observation that gardeners and gardening for a very long time have had to take a back seat. Architects are very famous; they've got huge projects. What goes on in and around them has been relegated to a very minor role. "

" I worry about not being able to be myself day to day. But I know people way more famous than me who have been able to do that. "