“My Road to Recovery'? I heard myself suggest, and it struck me, not for the first time, that the tone we journalists adopt can be horribly flip. Several times. over the course of my career, I've caught myself skimming over the surface of a subject's life, without pausing to reflect on the realities of their joys and suffering. Yet it was true that something about George's disintegration mesmerised people. Which would sell more papers, I wondered: his redemption or his failure?” JournalismPaparazziFame QuotesCelebrity CultureTabloid JournalismFame Drug Book:Babysitting George: The Last Days of a Soccer Icon Source: Babysitting George: The Last Days of a Soccer Icon
“Fame is a spiritual drug. It is often a by-product of our artistic work, but like nuclear waste, it can be a very dangerous by-product.” WritingWriting LifeArtistryCreative WorkOn WritingThe Artists WayCreative SoulFame Drug Book:The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity Source: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity