Roger Zelazny. The Chronicles Of Amber (№ 8670)

I don't even know if I want to do greatness as such. It's all the same what to aspire to be an inventor instead of actually inventing something, or to be a writer instead of writing. Also with greatness - it is a byproduct, not the thing in itself. Anyone who thinks otherwise - is just egotistical, selfish or a terrible fool, but one and the same.