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Among all the ‘awards’ that I have hitherto collected, I consider the title of ‘patita’ or ‘fallen woman’ to be the highest. This is an achievement of my long-struggling life as a writer and as a woman  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) I don’t think I’ve done any profound work yet... People ask me, ‘How would you want to be remembered?’ I tell them I don’t want to be remembered! I’m not here to become a Madhubala or receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. I’m not that kind of a person. And I’m not brash about it; it’s just the way I am  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) The sort of lifetime achievement stuff that I’m getting now is kind of like Tom Sawyer’s funeral because they all know I’m sick. I am getting buildings named after me and awards and stuff.  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) It’s crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) Something happens when you become an elder rock and roller and you’re still functioning. People start to give you awards and recognize achievements. It’s the life achievement period of your career.  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) Fact is, awards shows were never really about recognizing achievement. They were a publicity ploy cooked up in the late 1920s by MGM topper Louie Mayer and his newly formed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which was itself, back in the day, nothing but a front organization to discourage unionizing.  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) My mother has all my awards, because if I walked downstairs every day and saw all my achievements it would be so easy to become complacent.  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) I sometimes wonder how many of these lifetime achievement awards you can accept before you have to do the decent thing and die  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) I got my first lifetime achievement award years ago, and I was very excited, but then I got a sense of: Well, can one get a second lifetime award?  (Awards And Achievements Quotes) Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true  (Awards And Achievements Quotes)