Chris Hayes Quotes

Running for president is the new selfie.

Some people call me a publicity hound.

Money, ego, revenge and the seduction of being a media darling is pretty powerful stuff, and, John Bolton is proving he's not immune.

I think they are looking for publicity and they are looking for a name for themselves.

I had no idea that our love of fame was going to display itself in a high political office on a world stage.

I'm not a publicity hound, I hope.

People say that I do things for publicity. But I will do the things I do as long as I have media support.

For decades, Trump had no life independent from the media. He became a figure in the nation, and his a monitisable name - albeit quite a ludicrous one - because of his nonstop, relentless, shameless and often embarrassing courtship of the media.

After campaign financial reports show more money spent than raised in the month of September. Report adds to growing speculation that Donald Trump is not in some very deep psychological sense, actually running to be President of the United States, so much as he's running to build up a fan base for Donald Trump.

The emerging notion of the Eighties was that publicity was a currency. The old view was that if you had a currency - your talent or your product - publicity might draw attention to it. The new view was that publicity in itself, highlighting you, bestowed value.

I barley read stuff about myself. Even when I see some article about myself in a paper or a magazine, nine out of 10 times, I skip it.

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

I don't, frankly, want to be on television.

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

Barring public demand, any person who pursues the presidency out of personal ambition must be suffering from a basic genetic defect.

I'm just a totally selfish worker bee creating my little mini projects.

Being in front of the cameras is not my favorite thing to do. But it's a good problem to have.

I'm very conscious of what I wear, and what I say. I know that if I go out, there will be 10 people who will notice me from head to toe.

I hate to consider myself a celebrity.

As far as my absence from the public eye is concerned, that's because I'm publicity shy - something which is not considered good nowadays.

In England, the club presidents do not seek publicity or have a high profile. In Spain, they like to be considered the most important person at the club.

Politics, glamor, fame - they're all mixed up together, and they always have been.

You'd be surprised at the things people will do in order to get their names or pictures in the paper.

I think I'm really feel I've done so much that I'm OK with not having everybody's attention. Sometimes it's overbearing. I used to think that I would never feel this way. Before, I used to buy all the tabloids and see if I was in them.

Like one of [Donald] Trump's sons said this is a huge step down for him to run for president. Like he's not doing it - let's just be clear.