“I want to read, write, and nothing else. I do not want to get married, I do not want to go to church, I do not want to file taxes; I do not want to eat. But Grandma disagrees, and Grandma always wins.”
“I always wanted to eat with a Negro,” Grandma said.Yeah, well I always wanted to eat with a boney-assed old white woman,” Lula said. “So I guess this works out good.”
“I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.”
“I never want to see anyone, and I never want to go anywhere or do anything. I just want to write.”
“I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to get rich. ”
“If I was going to do something I didn't want to do, I at least wanted to be remunerated for it.”