Thoughts on fame

Fame itself... doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.—David Bowie

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? —Chanakya

Oh how wrong we were to think immortality meant never dying.—Gerard Way

I spent so long studying really hard to become a fine actor, but threw it all away because I got the adulation and the fame so easily. —Mickey Rourke

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.—Jim CarreyFame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there’s no manual, no training course. —Charlie Sheen