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What a writer wants to do is not what he does.

Nobody wants to see sketch comedy that's the same sketch they've seen time and time again, or that's just a rehash of that thing.

Do you want - do you want - do you want to dance with me baby?

I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want.

I have so much to say to you. I want to begin at the beginning, because that is what you deserve. I want to tell you everything, without leaving out a single detail. But where is the beginning? And what is everything?

It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.

I want to hold a CD I didn't burn. I hate burnt CDs.

It's of course understandable that people want to know about actors in their favourite series.

The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.

Mr. Franz, I think careers are a 20th century invention and I don't want one.

I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.

They tell you to be careful because maybe you don't want to meet your heroes. I've met pretty much every one, and I've never been let down.

I don’t mind getting smacked on the chin. I just don’t want to get nibbled to death. There’s a difference.

My sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be a member of anyway.

The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity.

You want stealth? Be a rogue in 'World of Warcraft'.

George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.

Listen to the tree; it tells you where it wants to go!

The Economic Problem...the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle, a transitory and unnecessary muddle.

We need wealthy dogs off the seats of power. They're taking us back to feudalism and I really don't want that. But I'm very far from being a socialist.

If you really want the truth of anything, don't use Wikipedia.

I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that.

Once you drink one glass, you want another.