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I've had meetings where a guy actually told me, "What we're trying to figure out is how we can control you." In the meeting, to me! Why do you want to control me?

I am not quite comfortable with people identifying themselves as my fans. You know nothing about me. You have just seen me perform in a film. How can you be my fan? If I have to tell you honestly, I want an audience and not fans.

I guess that’s the thing about a hero’s journey. You might not start out a hero, and you might not even come back that way. But you change, which is the same as everything changing. The journey changes you, whether or not you know it, and whether or not you want it to.

In my next life, I want to come back as one of my dogs. They live nicely.

I want my world to be fun.

I want to grow as an artist and I'm taking a step out, I want my music to mature.

When you first start to do jiu-jitsu everyone has the goal of being a black belt. You want to be great at everything you do.

Listen, you. Don't threaten me. I could make your life a nightmare. He put his hand in front of her face and unfolded three fingers as he said, I'm F-B-I. She smiled. It wasn't the reaction he expected. You want to talk nightmares? she said. She put her hand up to his face and unfolded her three fingers. I'm I-R-S.

Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.

I want my kids to know when I'm pissed, when I'm happy and when I'm confounded.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do.

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

I'd rather do a part because I want to, not because great things are expected of me.

When God takes your straw, it isn’t because he wants you to remain a slave. It’s because he wants you to take another step toward freedom.

When I raced with Mercedes, I thought Id learn German. But my wife didnt want to live in Germany.

It's certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

God wants us to be totally dependent on Him, and suffering seems to bring us to that point.

Bad habits are our enemies because they hinder us from being the person we want to be.

Everyone wants to be an overcomer, but nobody wants anything to overcome.

All actors are whores. They want only one thing: to seduce you.

I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

I think our culture is sick and tired of fluffy nonsense and people want something more sincere and heartfelt.

I never want to play down to the reader. I think readers are willing to go along if they're intrigued.

Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons