Instant Popularity Quotes

I would prefer it if people thought that I didn't work hard, that I just played the guitar for three minutes a week and was like, 'Check out this song - what do you think?' That would be ideal. I would prefer telling people that I'm just truly talented.

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

I put on YouTube one single and, in 20 hours, have five million, six million people.

With 'Machine of Death,' we became the #1 bestselling book on Amazon in a single day.

It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.

You can be known or be a star from anywhere - anywhere in the world.

Overnight, I became a public figure.

I think it helps a lot when they tell people that Teri Hatcher likes you. If you're Teri Hatcher's boyfriend, suddenly you're hunky I guess. I've spent 40 years being average and now I'm Teri hatcher's boyfriend and here we are. I've been really fortunate.

Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004. On February 5, we were feeling pretty confident, even from observing the first few hours of usage. Students used it like crazy. They'd sign up then spend the next 3-4 hours on it. Then we'd go to lecture hall and see it on every computer screen there.

If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I'll probably abandon it immediately.

'Upstairs Downstairs' somehow bestrode the different genres that had come before it to create a new drama entity. I suppose that's one of the reasons why it became so instantly popular.