Kelly Corrigan Quotes

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

What I'm saying is that, unlike a lot of portrayals of me, I'm not hiding behind the sunglasses. I'm out there working. I'm not trying to sell anybody anything, but I do realize we're entertainers.

I published my first book, 'Drinking & Tweeting,' when I first started 'Housewives' and was being portrayed as a fun girl who spoke the truth.

I would not be able to pen an academic and dry diatribe. I have too much talent for that.

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

It's not only about the rap lyric. Today, people are buying you as a person.

I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the time... I like the fact that I have the right once in a while to say silly things.

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

My wish is to be known only thru my work.

I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don't write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper.

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me.

The general public doesn't expect romance authors to be Harvard graduates. Which is funny, because there are actually quite a lot of us. But this disconnect means that journalists see me as an interesting story. The tricky part is making sure they understand that there are many, many talented writers who don't have 'fancy' educations.

I have never written out of a desire to be controversial.

I'm a musician. I'm not, like, a personality. I've never really pretended to perform that kind of function.

I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I think people see that more so than they see anything else. That's just who I am.

People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.

I've always wanted to be a brooding, deep, dark artist, but I can never keep that facade going for more than 15 minutes.

A lot of people have said I'm the anti-Kim Kardashian and I'm all right with that.

If somebody wants to think of me as a movie star, that's fine, that's great. It sort of makes me giggle.

I can't emphasize enough how much of a writer I am.

Filmmakers are stuck with my glamorous image. Even if I sit in track pants and a T-shirt, I will still look glamorous. That's the way I am. But there's more to me. I'm a real person.

I think on my passport form I described myself as 'entertainer,' filling it in, in a Post Office or something. I felt like I should be doing jazz hands when I wrote that, but I don't do anything else really.