desire for acknowledgment Quotes

I'm not much of a self-promoter or anything. It's not something I feel comfortable doing. But sometimes I would get frustrated, I'd think, "You know, this is a good book, how come no one is paying attention to it?" So it's nice to have some recognition. I don't write to put it in a drawer, I hope that people see it. But what am I willing to do for that? I struggle with that a little bit. I try to be accommodating, but I'm pretty much a loner. I'll say this, and it'll sound like bullshit, but it's not: I don't really pay attention to this stuff very much.

the psychological need to believe that others take you as seriously as you take yourself. There is nothing particularly wrong with it, as psychological needs go, but yet of course we should always remember that a deep need for anything from other people makes us easy pickings.

And none will hear the postman’s knock Without a quickening of the heart. For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

The reason I'm in this business, I assume all performers are -- it's Look at me, Ma! It's acceptance, you know -- Look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma, look at me, Ma. And if your mother watches, you'll show off till you're exhausted; but if your mother goes, Ptshew!

I've always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote.

We have always pretensions to fame which, in our own hearts, we know to be disputable.

He that comes in print because he would be known, is like the fool that comes into the market because he would be seen.

I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.