The world's made up of individuals who don't want to be heroes.

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.

So while it is true that I find really dark stuff funny sometimes, it's also true that as a writer of books I want to have the whole range of human emotions.

The want of education and moral training is the only real barrier that exists between the different classes of men.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Cause there's only one reason for doing anything that you set out to do. if you don't want to be the best, then there's no reason going out and trying to accomplish anything.

Winners, I am convinced, imagine their dreams first. They want it with all their heart and expect it to come true. There is, I believe, no other way to live.

I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.

I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

I was determined to carve out a music of my own. I didn't want to copy anybody.

I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to be an interpretative kind of artist. I had an intuition about wanting to create my own form, in one way or another, whatever that would be.