Frederick Locker-Lampson Quotes

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

No sensible author wants anything but praise.

My poems getting published in Russia doesn't make me feel in any fashion, to tell you the truth. I'm not trying to be coy, but it doesn't tickle my ego.

The idea of being in a hugely successful movie that I don't like would be just as bad as being in a film that I love that no one sees. I wouldn't want the kind of success that felt cheap or that I didn't own.

What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise although the philosophers generally call it recognition!

I want my books to sell, to be read. I'm not interested in being obscure.

I'm recognized, let me put it that way.

Everyone wants to be recognized.

The people who know my work like my work. And that's great.

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.

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.

Oh, I love critics. Because they love me. It's not a joke. They care.

It's refreshing going from getting picked on in middle school to getting my name screamed out across the street.

If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.

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.

For people to keep saying, 'We want to see more of this guy, even though the shows have not always been out-of-the-box successes,' is a huge compliment to me.

It's really humbling to be acknowledged by such established names like CMT and Billboard.

I'm not complaining if my work is getting more recognition than me.

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

I don't play for recognition.

Our statement's on the screen. Awards won't make it better, and a lack of awards won't make it worse.

Winning the Whitbread was a very major thing for me. I'd always been well reviewed, but this made me widely read.

I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.

Public adulation is the ultimate high.

It's nice to be recognized in the street.