Book Quote by Julie Burchill

I always wanted to do good work, but not in order to buy big houses and big cars. I just wanted to be 'alright',…

— Douglas Henshall

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.

— Patti Smith

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money…

— Paul Auster

I wanted to be a librarian from a very young age. Some of my earliest memories are being taken to the local library. I…

— Michael Scott

Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to…

— Tracy Chevalier

I wanted to be a writer all my life. Since I was 10. And then at a certain point I began to assume I…

— Tim Winton

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

— Goh Chok Tong

I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook…

— Francis Ford Coppola

Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from…

— Michael P. Anderson

What I wanted to do was to earn enough money to pay for my mother's house. When my mother passed away, I wanted to…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

— Juliana Hatfield

Anything I ever wanted, I had to work really hard for. I learned the value of saving my money, trying to make something happen,…

— Kris Jenner