“Tell me how you want to die, and I'll tell you who you are.”

“Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.”

Tiffanie DeBartolo (1970) American writer

“I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

“The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and how to persuade them.”

Max Barry (1973) Australian writer

“If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are.”

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People

“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”

Kathy Acker (1947–1997) American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet

“I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!”

Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) writer

“Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.”

Francois Mauriac (1885–1970) French author

“Tell me, Doctor, are you afraid of death?"
"I guess it depends on how you die.”

Haruki Murakami book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

“When I want you to beg, I'll tell you.”

Jessica Bird book Lover Unbound