Joyce Brothers Quotes

Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don't have any.

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

No one wants to stay in the tabloids. But it's actually not a terrible place to start.

At times when I didn't have records out, the press has really kept me out there. My bad reputation has done wonderful things for me!

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

To be honest, I am not happy about all the publicity.

But hey, controversy - well, it hasn't hurt me in 50 years.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink.

I love the press; I even like the people that don't like me. If it wasn't for those people, no one would know who I was and I wouldn't have a gig.

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

I don’t care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

I could have been bigger, but I wasn't controversial enough. I didn't do drugs or wreck rooms. There were no dramas in my private life.

To me, any publicity is good publicity.

Any press is good press.

Americans understand better than the Europeans and the English that any publicity is good.

If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.

There's no bad publicity except an obituary.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

I guess I'm entertaining; I guess I'm interesting. I guess the things that I say sell papers. I guess they sell magazines. I don't know.

I happen to be notorious. That, I have no control over.

In 1969, 'Life' magazine came up to me and said they wanted to do a little story on the Hobie, and I ended up getting a six-page spread. I remember Robert Redford was on the cover, and when that magazine hit the stands, it was a whole new ballgame.

You know, the more I appear on newspapers, the more famous I become.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.