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Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. Its no

Being famous as a writer is like being famous in a village. Its not really any very heady fame. – Peter Carey

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At the very end of a book I can manage to work for longer stretches, but mostly, making stuff up for three hours, thats enough. I cant do any more. At the end of the day I might tinker with my mornings work and maybe write some again. But I think three hours is fine. – Peter Carey

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Morning
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Peter Carey
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I have written a memoir here and there, and that takes its own form of selfishness and courage. However, generally speaking, I have no interest in writing about my own life or intruding in the privacy of those around me. – Peter Carey

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Courage
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Peter Carey
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You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. Hes just famous for his sound. – David Lee Roth

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And I dont want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and I dont like that. – Donna Leon

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But I didnt ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didnt even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh. – Carol Burnett

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Theres so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And theres no reason for me to do anything short of that, because Im 24, I dont have a family, I dont need to make tons of money, and Im not dying to get famous. – Tobey Maguire

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You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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