The public need is an almost irresistible force. That that need alone does not turn completely random persons into celebrities is only because there is always an adequate pool of candidates who meet one or more of the other qualifications. The prism of the media, whether designedly or undesignedly, gives its characters a mythic quality. Even if there is no intent to sensationalize, the journalistic need to simplify, to paint a character in a few strokes, assures its subjects a story-time radiance. We will fantasize about being those people in the belief that they live charmed lives, and we will fantasize about knowing those people in the belief that they have more to give us, more energy to quicken the tenor of our lives, more love.
Every child wants to be the centre of attention.
Attention of any kind is almost as good as love. And most people remain children in that way all their lives. We all want the limelight. It goes without saying, of course, that we cannot all have the limelight. There is no room.