Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes About Fame
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Fame is very agreeable, but the bad thing is that it goes on 24 hours a day.
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter.
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Fame invades your private life. It takes away from the time that you spend with friends, and the time that you can work. It tends to isolate you from the real world.
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Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about.
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A famous writer who wants to continue writing has to be constantly defending himself against fame.
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Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.
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