The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.

Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

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.

I've never sat there and plotted out how I was going to become successful or famous.

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.

We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.