As soon as the groupie finds out that you make errors in everyday life like everybody else does and that you are human, they turn on you and hate you.
You know, even big-time academics kind of have groupies. Anyone with any sort of fame. So, like, in your micro-world, or in your niche, you're kind of like a celebrity.
Now I know what it's like to be a rock star. No, I didn't sleep with 5 groupies at once. But I was interviewed about 45 times in 5 days in 3 cities.
Did groupies ever interest me? No. I'm a pleasure seeker, and I like going bananas, but that's never appealed to me. I always thought it was a little bit naff.
The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner.
I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.
I just write like a grown man, because that's what I listen to. I'm not even speaking complicated English... I don't do five-syllable words, I don't do four-syllable words. This is English. Rudimentary English.
I like grown-up comedy, where it's about character and attitude and life as opposed to obvious gross-out and jokes.
The first skincare product I ever got was nose strips. I was 8 years old, and I was like, 'I want to feel like a grown-up.'
Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.
My mum told me that grown-ups don't like teenagers, which is the last thing you want to hear when you are one yourself!
Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its insights.
Election night is the easiest time to act like a grownup.
Wishing there were more children's books like 'The Snowy Day' is a bit like wishing there were more grownup books like 'Anna Karenina.' There are only so many masterpieces out there.
The message growth rate in Brazil - it's not like a hockey stick: it's like a vertical line.
If very fundamental reforms take place, especially when it comes to factors of production like land, labour, then a higher growth rate is possible.
I came across this guy named DJ Grumble and I just really liked his beats because they were different. I felt like they spoke to me.
