Joe David Brown

“He smiled. "It's worth every cent, lamb," he said. "The whole purpose of a kit is to stop trouble before it starts. If you can supply the answer to every question anybody might conceivably ask, they wont go prying around on their own." He chuckled. "Besides, I write it off as an operating expense.”
― Joe David Brown, Paper Moon

“… I loved those shopping trips. After a couple of weeks, people stopped recognizing me as the richest little girl in the world. Actually, I never caused much of a commotion but that one time. I guess that’s when I first began to realize the truth about being famous. Up until then I thought people became famous. You know, because of what they did. Oh, I know people can become famous for a short while, like war heroes and people who climb mountains for the first time, but I didn’t realize you had to work full-time at being famous, and work hard. You’ve got to keep your name before the public all the time. That’s why some people who do really important things soon get forgotten, while big showoffs who run around working to get their names in the papers stay famous.”
― Joe David Brown, Paper Moon