George Saunders Quotes

I just want to be rich and famous.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money.

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.

I love the fame and the money and the power. You have to keep working to have that.

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash.

There are those who write because they believe they have something so marvelous that it will make them famous and wealthy, a lauded commodity who will be invited to a lifetime of cocktail parties.

The whole fame and fortune thing is addictive.

Nothing will stifle your human evolution more than fame and fortune.

I want it all. Fame, fortune and all the commercials there are to do.

I want to be a combination of P. Diddy and Oprah.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I've been very blessed.

Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money.

It was never really one of my goals to gain tremendous amount of celebrity or make a tremendous amount of money necessarily.

George probably wanted to be rich and famous - most of us do, I think - but I don't think he ever wanted to be a star.

I'd like to have the fortune, but I don't care too much about the fame.

I came from nothing and I have a chance to do something that happens once in a lifetime. There are only a couple people who can wake up and say that they're a world champion, a multimillionaire, and a successful superstar.

I wanted to be famous and I wanted to make a fortune, and I've done that.

I don't have ambitions to be a movie star or multi-millionaire.

I want to build to that mogul, legendary level.

I've always wanted to be a star. I've always wanted money and wanted to travel. So I knew there was a price to pay for that.

NOTORIETY, n. The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.