When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.
Criss JamiTag: success humility jealousy authenticity fame adversity perseverance envy beginnings jealous underdog somebody haters
Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.
Dejan StojanovicTag: poetry philosophy eternity literature poets fame quotes deeds knighthood knights poetry-quotes literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic the-sun-watches-the-sun
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize."
[Modernism's Patriarch (Time Magazine, June 10, 1996)]
Tag: art doubt greatness self-esteem confidence humility fame introspection artists creative-process self-awareness depression self-delusion self-doubt narcissism insecurity self-esteem-or-lack-thereof self-doubts fame-and-fortune depression-humor cezanne great-art great-artist paul-cezanne
I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic (misprint, fault of the publisher)] just go to Paradise. The third one, though, told me to consult some verses from the Koran. [end quote]' ...I can see that he's excited. [narrator]' ...Now I have many positive things to say about Coelho: He is respectable, inspiring as a man, a truth-seeker, and an appealing writer; but one should hesitate to call him a 'literary' writer based on this quote. A 'literary' author knows that a character's excitement should be 'shown' in his or her dialogue and not in the narrator's commentary on it. Advice for Coelho: Remove the 'I can see that he's excited' sentence and show his excitement in the phrasing of his quote.(Now, in defense of Coelho, I am firmly of the opinion, having myself written plenty of prose that is flawed, that a novelist should be forgiven for slipping here and there.)Lastly, it appears that a belief in reincarnation is of great interest to Mr. Coelho ... Just think! He is a man who has achieved, (as Leonard Cohen would call it), 'a remote human possibility.' He has won lots of fame and tons of money. And yet, how his preoccupation with reincarnation—none other than an interest in being born again as somebody else—suggests that he is not happy!
Roman PayneTag: life truth happiness education writing inspiration literary-criticism writing-craft paulo-coelho leonard-cohen fame happy excitement paradise novels writing-advice educational islam koran craft birth fortune critique inspirational-life publishing imperfection life-and-death grammar reincarnation inspiring characterization faults authorship roman novelist born-again literary-theory dialogue cohen sentence-structure writing-art craftsmanship writing-from-the-heart writing-and-art critique-of-modernity inspirational-attitude human-potential islamic payne roman-payne narration coelho humaneness famous-authors islamic-quotes inspiring-quotes fame-and-fortune art-of-literature writing-as-a-profession aleph literature-quotes happiness-positive-outlook advice-for-writers phrasing grammatical
If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it.
Abdullah ibn al-MubarakTag: life roots fame earth sincerity eyes hidden tree obscurity flee clatter clinks upright
How do you judge the brightness of a light when you’re the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.
Neal ShustermanTag: fame
Missing what most of the time? The babbling faceless agora, the fame, the parties, the pop of flash bulbs? The lovers, the gaiety, the champagne? The solitude carved out of celebrity, poring over charts by a single lamp on a wide desk in a venerable hotel? Room service, coffee before dawn? The company of one friend, two? The choice: All of it or not? Some or none? Now, not now, maybe later?
Peter HellerTag: death fame amelia-earhart
Fame and fortune are calling. Are we taking the call or blocking the number?
Nicole RichieTag: calling fame fortune phone personification fame-and-fortune blocking
Heroes must see to their own fame. No one else will.
Gore VidalTag: fame self-promotion
He came face-to-face with the rude paradox fame had dealt him: The secret of his extraordinary art had been his ability to observe human interaction anonymously, thereby gaining insight into the emotions on display in ordinary life--it was his ability to become a fly-on-the-wall that made him famous, and fame had destroyed his ability to become a fly-on-the-wall.
C.R. StrahanTag: paradox fame art-acting
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