Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.
I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by and large.
What a waste of time to be posthumously famous.
I had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible.
I think that every songwriter would give their right arm to come up with a standard that is going to be played long after they're dead.
Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them.
When I'm dead and no longer the threat. My comfort is that all the great artists since the beginning of time have always been completely misunderstood and never fully appreciated until they were dead.
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
Fortunately age does not affect literature. After a man is dead, he may continue in the business and often rank higher than his living competitors.
Dead men hear no tales; posthumous fame is an Irish bull.
Sometimes there are painters or very famous artists who start to become artists after they are dead because an audience or a public know about their art after they die.
Seldom comes Glory till a man be dead.
I can't be a legend yet. I'm not dead.
