I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
The vast majority of Malaysians are sensible people; they're moderates, they want peace, they want harmonious race relations at home. They look for national unity.
Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.
I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.
I want young girls that I mentor and young girls all around the world who want to be a model to be able to see that there's a great deal of sacrifice.
If people want to talk about anything I do, they can give it any name they want. As long as they're talking about it, I think it's great.
When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great.
I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress.
Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common: They had something to say, and did.
I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there.
I always want to push myself as far as possible; I always want to be up there and recognised as a good goalie and have people appreciate what you do.
It's not like I want someone to treat me badly. I want somebody who looks like they could treat me badly, but then really treats me good.
The difficult thing for me is that I want basically to be a good man. That's what I want to be.
The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.
If you decide you want to be treated good, and you treat someone else good, or you want to learn something, it's information. It's getting the right, good information.
This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see, and what they don't want to see.
Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow.
The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If I'm afraid of it, then I want to do it.
