Edward P. Jones Quotes

I just want to be rich and famous.

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

I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

I knew I was going to be famous later in life.

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

My name's Jennifer Ellison and one day I'm going to be famous!

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and on trying to find it.

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

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

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

you want to write a book for so many reasons ... The main reason ... is because it will make you well-known and beloved and popular and successful and famous and respected. You also write ... to make money, but that motivation is not first on the list.

I've been lucky in the sense that I haven't become famous.

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.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

I didn't become a footballer to be famous, I became a footballer to be successful. I didn't want to be famous. Now people want to be famous. Why? Why would you want people following you about all day? I couldn't think of anything worse.

Being a celebrity or anything else where you're really ambitious, it's really a game to see how successful you can get.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I was obsessed with being rich and famous.

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.