John Sandford Quotes

I think fame comes from actually doing something big with your career.

My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.

Is the prestige conferred by the Man Booker prize for the book or me? I would prefer it on the book and for me to be treated ordinarily.

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.

The paper nominated me 12 or 13 times for the Pulitzer Prize.

Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1 is like actually winning the award. It's very gratifying.

There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow as a journalist you know there are Pulitzers out there and you can work hard and get one. To win it for Fiction seems unbelievable.

I am, of course, greatly honoured to win the Booker, which is one of the great literary prizes in the world.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

You have to win something for people to think about you.

Winning an Oscar is an honor, but, between you and me, it does not makes things easier.

Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such.

You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way.

I get plenty of credit out on the road.

Getting recognized for my skill is very important to me. 'Raman Raghav 2.0' gave me that.

I want to be known for my work, that's most important.

For my father, he didn't know what 'Grey's Anatomy' was. He didn't know who John Mayer was. But when I showed up on the 'Law & Order' TNT promo spot, he thought, 'Wow, my son has made it.'

Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.

I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp.