Washington Allston Quotes

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

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

I'm not hesitating on that. I am a Hall of Famer.

I don't believe being a Hall of Famer is based on individual accolades. I think winning has a lot to do with it. But perhaps more than that, you simply have to show that you are the best or among the best at what you do.

You write for glory. You play for glory. There's an ambition to excel, isn't there, to be a star? To score more, to do more, even when it's a team sport. So I think striving for glory is a natural subject for a writer. Seeking fame.

I do feel very honored to get all this attention. Basically, what I need to do is to go out there and perform. That's what I'm intending to do.

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.

The deed is everything, the glory is naught.

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'm known as a winner now.

I thought maybe I would become a god, or a goddess, or a president or a Nobel Prize winner.

I've been to the Hall of Fame many times, in grade school and high school. I had field trips to the Hall of Fame and taking tours of it. I just never thought about that one day I possibly might be in it. I think it'd be great.

Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition.

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

99.9% of the time, the people we see worked for it. People like Morgan Freeman and Harry Connick, Jr. work every day to continue the status that they have.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

I've never won many awards, I didn't get certificates for swimming or anything.

It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.

Don't confuse honours with achievement.