#wanting

I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#certain #created #did #even #ever

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people. ↗

— Barry McGuigan

#issues #life #my life #people #sensitive

I was very laced with drugs myself, but Fred seemed to be even more so than me. That might have had something to do with it. That might have had something to do with nobody wanting to play my records, too, I don't know. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#fred #had #i #know #laced

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. ↗

— Moliere

#better place #follies #greater #make #none

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. ↗

— Meredith Monk

#another #artist #clear #create #form