Quotes About Aspiration

What I want is to be the highest grossing screenwriter, or to have some other woman be the highest grossing screenwriter, instead of being number nine on the list. That's my goal.

I got my first guitar when I was nine because I wanted to be the fifth Beatle, even though they had already broken up and John Lennon died that year.

My mom never went to college, so she just assumed the writer identity, and that was always really inspiring to me. It's not something you need nine levels of education for. It's really an identity that you claim for yourself, and then you have to make yourself one.

Ever since I was maybe nine or 10 years old, I'd say, 'I'm gonna be an actor, and I'm gonna go to Julliard, and I'm gonna be in movies.' My parents never said, 'What's your backup plan?'

I started to write when I was eighteen or nineteen. However, until I was about twenty-three, I didn't take it that seriously.

When I was a boy, I wanted to be a Ninja. Now I am a man, now I am a Ninja.

Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.

I'm hoping to have a ninth decade like Matisse's.

My parents both made it to ninth grade and then dropped out, so I just want to have that higher education so when I have kids one day I'll be able to tell them and I'll be a better role model for them.

I love to fly. I always wanted to fly. It's been one of my dreams since I was 3 years old. I remember saying to my mom, 3 years old, every day, 'I can fly!' Living on the ninth floor, it was dangerous.

When we were 15, my brother and I were getting really into Nirvana, Green Day, and The Beastie Boys. We started going to shows and realized we really wanted to be on stage.

I'm in Hollywood - I have no business not being in the movie industry.

I moved when I was 16. I had no clue what to expect in moving to L.A. I had no clue, really, about what acting was. I just knew that I wanted to do it.

When I was watching 'Sivaji,' I had no clue I will be a filmmaker; I had not even started making short films at that time.

Where I am now, you're very much at everybody else's mercy. You have no control over your career in a lot of ways. It's just important to know what your own goals are, because that's empowering.

I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.

I had no desire to be a stand-up comic until I decided to do it.

I have no desire to coach basketball.

I had no desire to coach college until I went to college. Then I said, 'Maybe I can do this.' You get inspired by the people around you who move you and light a fire under you.

No doubt about it, the higher you achieve, the higher you reach.

I've seen some guys go through a career and not be able to get that elusive first major and no doubt it's a hole in any career if you don't get it done.

Every one wants to play a lead, be it negative or positive and I'm no exception.

All teams starting the season should aim to be as high as possible and Valencia are no exception.

For one thing, there is no guarantee that I am even going to work again. I hope I will and will go on to have a long career.