“I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.”
Quoted in the chapter on Bowie http://books.google.com/books?id=iHXT8olyMAsC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=instant+star in Valentines & Vitriol (1978) by Rex Reed <br class="br">Variant: I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir.
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