“My name is Nicomo Cosca, famed solider of fortune, and I am here for dinner.”

“I am Aeneas, duty-bound, and knownAbove high air of heaven by my fame. -AM #CymruAMbyth”

“People come to New York to find fame and fortune. I found both, so I left.”

“Fortune and fame," she said, "always on the horizon. And always some pitfall between you and it.""An excellent summation," I said, "of my life in particular and of the world in general.”

“I am focused on the work. I am constantly creating. I am a busy girl. I live and breathe my work. I love what I do. I believe in the message. There's no stopping. I didn't create the fame, the fame created me.”

“I am Ubik. Before the universe was, I am. I made the suns. I made the worlds. I created the lives and the places they inhabit; I move them here, I put them there. They go as I say, then do as I tell them. I am the word and my name is never spoken, the name which no one knows. I am called Ubik, but that is not my name. I am. I shall always be.”