Brent Weeks Quotes

It feels great when people talk about your craft and you get noticed for it.

Genius requires an audience.

Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.

I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.

When I asked my mother why crowds shouted my name and said 'We love you,' she would dust it off by saying, 'Your work makes them happy.' She never let it go to my head.

Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

I don't play for recognition.

It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and fans around the world are recognizing that.

Nobody gives a crap if we're great musicians.

Awards that ignore me are losers.

When we are honoured for a thing, we become attached to that thing.

Screen credit is valuable only when it's given you. If you're in a position to give yourself credit, you don't need it.

He doesn't need to be reminded you're great.

I don't think anyone ever feels acknowledged enough.

I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.

I feel greatly honored to have a ballpark named after me, especially since I've been thrown out of so many.

I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away.

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

When someone sees in you what you've been feeling all along, that's an awesome thing.

I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots.

I don't sense that I am someone's hero, though I'm happy when people like my work. I've learned how to be gracious about it, but I try to let it go by. I've seen how, if people start taking on those accolades, it can ruin them completely.

In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.

If something good happens to you, and no one knows it, did it really happen? Moreover, if you don't publicize your accomplishments and good fortune, are you essentially saying you don't care about them?

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

I have a big thing with eye contact, because I think as soon as you make eye contact with somebody, you see them, and they become valued and worthy.