I've never coveted celebrity, but I am often motivated by status. Perhaps this is a weakness. The reason that I often wear a suit and tie is that, when I do so, people treat me with a different measure of respect. I suppose the desire for celebrity and the desire for status stem from the same premise: that who I am depends, in part, on how I am viewed by others. I'm not sure that this is a healthy premise. Like all humans, I am valuable intrinsically; my worth is not derived from others. But then, this is easier to say than it is to believe.