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"Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off."
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"People keep telling me that I'm a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here's my understanding on that, what's a legend? I don't really know what a legend is, I don't even know the word. I'm not a King Arthur reincarnate either. I might be one of the Round Table, but I'm not King Arthur."
"The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth."
"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."
"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."
"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."
"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."
"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."
"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."
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