Samantha Shannon Quotes

I'm a writer. I never expected to be recognised on the street. I never expected to get that kind of coverage, good or bad. I never expected to sell as many books as I have.

If I can hit No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, I'm thinking of having the entire list tattooed on my body somewhere. It would be fabulous.

I never set out to do this - getting to No. 1 in the 'New York Times' bestseller list wasn't even a pipedream.

So, I do not work towards fame but if it happens to me, I won't say no.

It's not my ambition to be a big star.

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.

I never had any real expectations about what sort of success I would have or all the publicity.

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it.

I never went out looking for glory.

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard.

I don't display my plaques and honors. They are hidden behind a black curtain in my work room at home.

I haven't won any prizes or had any best sellers.

I'm not a star.

I'm not a success, I'm a sensation.

If you want to be popular and famous, you can do it; it's dead easy if you have that ego desire. But most of my ego desires as far as being famous and successful were fulfilled a long time ago.

The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous.

The day I say I'm famous is the day I sound like a fanny.

I'm just a person that played a game in the spotlight.

I've had a lot of accolades throughout my career, but that hasn't really changed me. I know that comes with the winning.

Fame didn't change me.

I didn't have any aspirations to be famous at all.

When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'