Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on the front cover of a book and their grinning picture on the back. But this is what comes at the end of a job, not at the beginning.
“The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.”
“Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.”