“Ah, fortune and fame shall follow me ... and I shall dwell in the world of the chosen for a few moments of fleeting ecstasy; ere the seven burly lads turn into creditors and hustle me off to debtors' prison at last.” WorldMomentsLastsTurnsFamePrisonFortuneSevenChosenEcstasyFleetingHustleFollow MeLadCreditorsDebtors Book:Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
“Any swagger is just defense. When youre reminded so much of who you are by people - not a fame thing, but with my size, constantly, growing up - you just either curl up in a corner in the dark or you wear it proudly, like armor or something. You can turn it on its head and use it yourself before anybody else gets a chance.” PeopleUseTurnsDarkChanceGrowing UpGrowingFameWho You AreSizeCornersDefenseArmorCurlsSwagger Author:Peter Dinklage
“If you are one of the hewers of wood and drawers of small weekly paychecks, your letters will have to contain some few items of news or they will be accounted dry stuff.... But if you happen to be of a literary turn of mind, or are, in any way, likely to become famous, you may settle down to an afternoon of letter-writing on nothing more sprightly in the way of news than the shifting of the wind from south to south-east.” IfsWayWritingMindMayHappensTurnsStuffWindFameNewsLettersSouthWoodsEastSettlingDryAfternoonItemsShiftingDrawersPaychecksSettling DownLetter Writing Author:Robert Benchley