Fame

"So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied."

"Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service."

"The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom."

"I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else."

"We do not have to become heroes overnight."

"All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion."

"I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing."

"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."

"It’s better for the whole world to know you, even as a sex star, than never to be known at all."

"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."

"Dreaming about being an actress is more exciting than being one."

"Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal."