Nolan Bushnell Quotes

I think I built my reputation by not worrying about it.

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

I'm the most successful filmmaker in the country; what do I need PR for?

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I can't assume that people see me the way I see myself. I have to show them. But I can't do it in a way where it's too much, where it's rude. I feel like when you're a king, you lead. And I just see myself as a king, or as something more than just a regular human being.

I do not walk around imaging myself to be intimidating or smart.

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person, as I am very confident of what I do. People do PR, but I get completely foxed. I don't know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight, as I think my work should speak on my behalf.

It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.

I never really try to over-promote myself; I never have.

I'm not trying to make a brand out of myself.

I'm not trying to build my own brand.

I'm the master at publicity.

If you start having to tell people you're cool, you're not.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

Clearly I've got an ego.

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

I never thought of myself as handsome.

This arrogance thing... I've had that my whole life. I flip between, 'Oh really? Oh, thank you. Wow. That's amazing' and, 'Yeah! Of course I am.' They're both varying degrees of a self-defence mechanism. It can be from minute to minute that I change.

I don't do the L.A. scene. I stay focused and very myopic. I don't feel I need to prove myself or be in people's faces, especially in this town.

I'm no pin-up.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly. David Blaine is an example of someone who's better at self-promoting than me. He is much better than I am.