I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.
It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life, which I really cherish. I don't like to be in the public light all that much. I don't crave the whole fame thing at all.
I've been in the public eye now for about 15 or 16 years, and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there. But I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
I've always been profoundly ambivalent about fame. I think it just eats the reality out of you and it can be intoxicating because I like some of it.
It's not like I'm that wildly famous that it's disrupted my lifestyle in some way.
Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.
When it comes to fame, I am in a very convenient position. I live a very normal life.
Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.
To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.
Fame is, I think, just a disgusting by-product of what I do.