I intended to be famous by the time I was 16 and rich by the time I was 20. Curiously, it didn't pan out!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery.
I was obsessed with being rich and famous.
I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.
I wanted to be successful, not famous.
I definitely wanted to be famous as a kid, but as I've gotten older, I feel less comfortable with it.
I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.
I was famous overnight. I went from nowhere to being really big.
I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path.
I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.