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Sometimes I think that when people become famous, there's a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don't have feelings; they don't get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them.

Of course the rich and famous tend to have more going on in their lives than ordinary people, but they aren't always willing to tell the interesting bits.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

I think it's real easy to be famous these days; it's not real easy to sustain success.

These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.

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

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 a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.