The best fame is a writer’s fame. It’s enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat.
Fran Lebowitz

X

Leave a Reply

More Quotes

  • Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting...
  • Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. – W. H. Auden
  • Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and...
  • Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by,...
  • The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon...
  • Make sure your desire to do what you’re aspiring to do is deeper than just...
  • Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small...
  • A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his...
  • A writer is nothing without a reader; a reader is nothing without a writer. –...
  • If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash. –...
  • No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer,...
  • Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. – Jules Renard
  • Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but...
  • If you wish to be a writer, write. – Epictetus
  • To be a writer you need to spend most of the time alone.

Copyright © 2006-2024 - Browse Quotes By Subject | Browse Quotes By Author | About Us | Blog | FAQ | Privacy Policy