Australian author—and former British TV star—Clive James says “I fired myself from the small screen” to try to “find a path back to normality.” As an Associated Press wire story reports, James has “launched a scathing attack on the thirst for fame” that he blames on TV. He says “We should … do our best to get back to a state where fame, if we have to have it, is at least dependent on some kind of achievement.”