When I started out, I wanted to paint the Sistine Chapel. But I didn’t have the content. – James Rosenquist
‘Oscar Wao’ for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening. – Junot Diaz
My first ambition was to be an animator for Walt Disney. Then I wanted to be a magazine cartoonist. – John Updike
When I read Toni Morrison and Sandra Cisneros as a freshman at Rutgers, it all clicked – that writing was all I wanted to do. It became my calling. – Junot Diaz
I started by producing, and the rapping came second to that, because I wanted to fill out the beat. – Awkwafina
It’s been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I’ve experienced. – Adam Lambert
I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff. – Bill Sienkiewicz
I wanted to be loved by my father. I could do anything to be loved by my father. – Alejandro Jodorowsky
Some of the reviewers wanted less. Some wanted lots more. Some wanted lots more of something else. But these strips are exactly what they are. – Art Spiegelman