“Fame itself … doesn’t really afford you anything more than a good seat in a restaurant.”
– David Bowie

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
– Henry David Thoreau

“I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.”
Johnny Depp

“If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I’m still waiting, it’s all been to seduce women basically.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre

“There’s no difference between fame and infamy now. There’s a new school of professional famous people that don’t do anything. They don’t create anything.”
– Ricky Gervais

“Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.”
– Marilyn Monroe

“The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Fame hit me like a ton of bricks.”
– Eminem

“If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“I think I understand what military fame is – to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.”
– William Tecumseh Sherman

“Fame was thrilling only until it became gruelling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.”
– Gloria Swanson

“What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you care as little.”
– Lord Byron

“A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.”
– Clive James

“Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.”
– Dante Alighieri

Thoughts on fame

A memorable Christmas Eve

CHRISTMAS 2023 may be behind us, but there are plenty of Christmasses yet to come, and Somerset’s hilarious and multi-talented Living Spit are coming to Dorchester to transport you to their own version of the best-loved of all festival tales, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, at the Corn Exchange on Friday 5th and Pound Arts at Corsham on Saturday 6th January.

Despite the very sad news of the death of co-founder and comedy acting treasure Howard Coggins, Living Spit is back on the road, with Howard’s partner in theatrical crime Stu Mcloughlin joined by Bristol actor Craig Edwards.

Hard-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge hates the season of goodwill. Until a visit from three phantoms one memorable Christmas Eve makes him rethink his miserly ways and turn his wicked life upside down … blah blah blah.

We all know the story … we’ve all seen the film(s) … but you’ve got a New Year treat in store with Craig Edwards’ unique take on Dickens’ anti-hero. He is bringing Stu Mcloughlin along for the ride to dress up, sing, dance and generally act like a complete idiot while playing ALL the other parts.