Sophie Kinsella Quotes

The thing about the Nobel ceremony is that for a whole week, you get treated like a superstar. You get driven everywhere. You have minders who always make sure you get where you're going. And you always get into the back seat of the limo.

Celebrity has some amazing advantages, of course it does. You're given an extraordinary power. It's a door-opener. I might not have to queue for things.

Maybe the best things about celebrity are the things like being able to get that seat on the plane that you wouldn't normally get, but that's kind of like cheating.

There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.

Divas need their furs!

It's true; I'm fascinated by elite groups.

Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?

I'm now a member of a pretty small club.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

You can go lots of places as Gaius Baltar that other people aren't allowed to pursue.

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

In corporate levels, it's all about tailoring your shirt and which tennis club you belong to and which watch you are wearing and what did you shoot last week?

I don't believe in honors - it bothers me. Honors bother: honors is epaulettes; honors is uniforms. My papa brought me up this way.

There is a level of fame that is really unmanageable. But most of the people who experience that level of fame are compensated in other ways. Private villas and chauffeured boats.

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.

Everyone has the impulse to be elite.

Aristocracy is like cheese. The older it is the higher it becomes.

Essentially, Louis XIV created exclusivity. If we look at how we live our lives today, many of us are members of clubs or gyms. We search out exclusivity. He created the world of fashion at Versailles.

If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.

When I go see a basketball game, I'm always in the front row. I always have a table at a restaurant; I never have trouble getting a taxi.

Nobody took you out for lunch when I started. Carla Bruni took me out for lunch once. She was really nice. Otherwise, you don't get fed.

It's amazing how people will treat you better when you're 'somebody.' The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.

Giving money doesn't make you an insider. If that's considered being an insider, I guess Donald Trump is an insider. That doesn't make sense.