“I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.”
Amy Hempel (1951) Short story writer
"Miss Universe Captivates New York" (1976)
“I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.”
Amy Hempel (1951) Short story writer
“I never think about what I want. It's about what you want to give to other people.”
Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
As quoted in The Money Adventure (1998) by Egbert Sukop, p. 128
“I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about.”
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer
Penguins and Golden Calves (2003)
Context: I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about. My father, before I was born, had been gassed in the first World War, and I wanted to know why there were wars, why people hurt each other, why we couldn't get along together, and what made people tick. That's why I started to write stories.
Aaron Swartz (1986–2013) computer programmer and internet-political activist
UTI interview (2004)
Context: On the one hand, I want to be very open about everything, On the other, I heavily defend people’s right to privacy. Of course, as you point out, keeping your privacy is hard because if you slip once, it’s out there forever.
I’m not sure what to say to people who want to protect their privacy except, be careful when you give out private information and think about where it could end up.
Gregory Peck (1916–2003) American actor
On his role as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, in a 1989 CNN interview, quoted in "Oscar-winner Gregory Peck dies at age 87" in USA Today (12 June 2003) http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-06-12-peck-obit_x.htm
Joseph G. Hanefeldt (1958) Eighth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island.
Nebraska native to become Grand Island bishop https://journalstar.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/nebraska-native-to-become-grand-island-bishop/article_26c769be-14c3-521b-861e-8ade5a94b0b5.html (January 17, 2015)
Virginia Woolf book To the Lighthouse
no, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody.
Part III, Ch. 5
To the Lighthouse (1927)