Clive James Quotes

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

Fame and success are very different things.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

I think people often confuse success with fame and stardom.

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.

Fame didn't change me.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

It's nice to walk into a club and see your picture. Then you know you've done something good.

I try to be somewhat wary of fame, but I'm not wary of success.

I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting.

I got a very good life. I sold plenty of records, I get recognized plenty, I can always have somebody call up and get me a fine table at a restaurant. What do you really need, ultimately?

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

You know, you want to be a success. You want people to know who you are.

Fame overcomes everything.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

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.

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

The only thing about my life that's really changed is the fact that a lot of people know me now. I'm still the same person.

If you want to be popular and famous, you can do it; it's dead easy if you have that ego desire. But most of my ego desires as far as being famous and successful were fulfilled a long time ago.

Fame is more powerful than talent.

Don't feel bad if you never 'get famous.' Don't freak out if you have less than 300 Twitter followers.