“Communication is always "propaganda." The emitter always wants "to get something across."”

“For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player.”

Andy Murray (1987) British tennis player

“Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately, to the notion that something can also be gained.”

Salman Rushdie (1947) British Indian novelist and essayist

“People may or may not say what they mean… but they always say something designed to get what they want.”

David Mamet (1947) American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director

“You can't always get what you want, but if you really need something, you usually find it.”

Keith Richards (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones

“We don't always get the journey we want. But we always get the journey we need.”

Alyson Nöel (1965) writer

“I always wanted to be an author. I thought it was the coolest job. As a child of immigrant parents, it wasn't ever something that they promoted. They always wanted me to do something practical.”

Jason Tanamor (1975) Filipino-American Author and Writer

“you can always find something you want.”

Sophie Kinsella book The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic

“But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something getting in the way of my getting to myself.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring.”

Emma Donoghue Room