#wanted

I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#could #doing #had #him #i

Maybe my way of communicating through sign made me more in tune with my body and how it moved. Who knows? I just know when I saw a stage for the first time, I wanted to be on it. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#communicating #first #first time #how #i

When I was 13, I told Henry Winkler I wanted to act. He said, Do it and don't let anyone stand in your way. His validation just made it all the more true. I haven't stopped thanking him since. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#anyone #haven #henry #him #his

Your voice is vibrant for only a certain part of your life. There are some records I've always wanted to make, and I don't know if I want to waste this time beating on the door of the charts. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#beating #certain #charts #door #i

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore. ↗

— Amelie Mauresmo

#anybody #anymore #definitely #i #nerves

I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement. ↗

— Brian May

#achievement #be the first #big #big thing #first

I was actually perfectly happy when I had no money, which lasted right up until we had a hit with Killer Queen, in 1974. I never wanted for anything. ↗

— Brian May

#anything #had #happy #hit #i

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock. ↗

— John Mayer

#guitar #guitar player #i #jock #player

I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it. ↗

— Marissa Mayer

#challenged #chemistry #college #doctor #feeling

The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#part #silence #story #tell #wanted