Since when has mental illness ever interfered with superstardom? Since — Fame

"In the past, ... when a bhikkhu was a forest dweller and spoke in praise of forest dwelling; ... when he was secluded and spoke in praise of solitude; when he was aloof from society and spoke in praise of aloofness from society; … the elder bhikkhus would invite him to a seat. ... Now it is the bhikkhu who is well known and famous ... that the elder bhikkhus invite to a seat. ... Then it occurs to the newly ordained bhikkhus: ‘It seems that when a bhikkhu is well known and famous, ... the elder bhikkhus invite him to a seat.’ ... They practise accordingly, and that leads to their harm and suffering for a long time."

"Fame! Im gonna live forever Im gonna learn how to fly (high!) I feel it coming together People will see me and cry!"

"If that thy fame with evry toy be posd, Tis a thin web, which poysonous fancies make; But the great souldiers honour was composd Of thicker stuf, which would endure a shake. Wisdom picks friends; civility plays the rest; A toy shunnd cleanly passeth with the best."

"The cosmologist Fred Hoyle once warned Gell-Mann about the perils of fame. If you ever accomplish anything important in life, he said, the world will conspire to keep you from doing anything else again. Everyone wants you to give a speech, write an article, serve on a committee."

"Nolo virum facili redimit qui sanguine famam; Hunc volo laudari qui sine morte potest."

"Fame, (fame) what you get is no tomorrow Fame, (fame) what you need you have to borrow Fame (fame)."