#wanted

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private. ↗

— Amy Tan

#aesthetic #art #become #craft #first

I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do. ↗

— Lesley Gore

#i #just #kind #life #lived

I always wanted to entertain. When I was six, a scrawny, scrawny kid, I'd get in my red speedo and do muscle moves. I actually thought I was muscular. I didn't know everyone was laughing at me. ↗

— Ryan Gosling

#always #entertain #everyone #get #i

I wanted to be a lawyer. I realized I don't really want to be a lawyer. I want to play a lawyer. Thank God I figured that out. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#god #i #lawyer #out #play

I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting. ↗

— Donna Mills

#always #because #go #grain #hat

And it's not a finger-pointing issue to me; I take as much responsibility as I can. It was more just me not really knowing what I wanted to do and how to get it done. ↗

— Justin Guarini

#get #how #i #i can #issue

Producing came about because I never wanted to be in one of those books, Where Are They Now? ↗

— Henry Winkler

#because #books #came #i #never

You see people on TV flying in to places just to pick up a baby, or brush some flies away. That's great if they can bring that issue to public attention. But that's not what I wanted to do. I was interested in committing to something that I could function in whether I was Debra Winger or not. Because nobody might care about that next week. ↗

— Debra Winger

#attention #away #baby #because #bring

After living in LA for 8 years, I sort of wanted a change, but there's not much production in New York, which is where I primarily live, so I just sort of drifted over to London. ↗

— Alex Winter

#change #drifted #i #just #la

I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#i #know #now #stays #trouble