Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

Reality is always the foe of famous names.

There lurks in every human heart a desire of distinction which inclines every man first to hope and then to believe that nature has given him something peculiar to himself. 

Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.