| Author (number of quotes) | Description |
| Wa |
| Wadsworth, Charles (1) | American classical pianist and musical promoter |
| Waitley, Denis (1) | |
| Waits, Tom (6) | American musician and actor |
| Waldfogel, Joel (5) | American economist |
| Walesa, Lech (1) | Polish politician |
| Walken, Christopher (2) | American actor |
| Walker, John (1) | Scottish politician and scientist |
| Walker, Paul (1) | American actor |
| Waller, Robert James (1) | |
| Walpole, Horace (1) | pen name of Horatio Walpole, English author, politician |
| Walters, Barbara (3) | |
| Walters, J. Donald (1) | Romanian-born yogi and author |
| Waltz, Christoph (1) | Austrian actor |
| Wang, Steve (1) | Taiwan-born American director and producer |
| Ward, J. R. (3) | pen name of Jessica Rowley Pell Bird, American author |
| Ward, William Arthur (6) | American author |
| Warhol, Andy (8) | American painter |
| Warren, Rick (1) | American evangelical Christian minister and author |
| Washington, Denzel (1) | American actor, director and producer |
| Washington, George (3) | 1st President of the United States |
| Watkins, Susan M. (1) | American author, journalist |
| Watson, Emma (2) | English actress and model |
| Watson, Thomas John (1) | American businessman |
| Watterson, Bill (1) | American cartoonist |
| Watts, Alan Wilson (3) | British-American philosopher |
| Waugh, Evelyn (2) | English author |
| Way, Gerard (1) | American singer and cartoonist |
| Wayne, John (1) | American actor |
| We |
| Webster, Daniel (1) | |
| Weedn, Flavia (1) | American painter and author |
| Weiler, A. H. (1) | American writer and critic |
| Weinberg, Steven (4) | Nobel-díjas American physicist |
| Welch, H. Gilbert (2) | American doctor |
| West, Kanye (1) | American rapper, producer and director |
| West, Mae (5) | American actress |
| West, Morris Langlo (1) | Australian playwright |
| West, Rebecca (2) | pen name of Cicely Isabel Fairfield, English author |
| Westerfeld, Scott (6) | American author |
| Westmoreland, William (1) | American general |
| Westwick, Ed (1) | English actor and musician |
| Wh |
| Wharton, Edith (2) | American author |
| Whately, Richard (2) | English theologian and author |
| Wheaton, Wil (1) | American actor, author and blogger |
| Wheeler, John (1) | |
| Wheeler, John Archibald (2) | American physicist |
| Whipple, Edwin Percy (1) | |
| White, Betty (2) | American actress |
| White, Jack (1) | American musician, producer |
| Whitehead, Alfred North (5) | English-born American philosopher |
| Whitman, Walt (7) | American poet |
| Whittier, John Greenleaf (1) | American poet |
| Wi |
| Wiesel, Elie (3) | Romanian-born American author and activist |
| Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (2) | American author, poet |
| Wilde, Larry (1) | American comedian and author |
| Wilde, Oscar (88) | Irish poet, author, playwright |
| Wilder, Donald (1) | American director and producer |
| Wilder, Laura Ingalls (1) | American author |
| Wilder, Thornton Niven (6) | American author |
| Will, George (2) | American journalist |
| Willard, Nancy (1) | American author and poet |
| Williams, Bern (1) | American programmer |
| Williams, Bernard (1) | English philosopher |
| Williams, Robin (1) | American actor, director, producer |
| Williams, Tennessee (3) | American author |
| Williamson, Marianne (2) | American author, spiritual activist |
| Willis, Bruce (1) | American actor, producer and singer |
| Wilson, Edward O. (1) | American biologist |
| Wilson, Flip (1) | American comedian and actor |
| Wilson, Kemmons (1) | American businessman |
| Wilson, Owen (1) | American actor and screenwriter |
| Wilson, Robert Anton (2) | |
| Wilson, Sloan (1) | |
| Wilson, Thomas Francis (1) | American actor, author and comedian |
| Wilson, Woodrow (3) | the 28th President of the United States |
| Winchell, Walter (1) | American commentator |
| Winehouse, Amy (1) | English singer and songwriter |
| Winfrey, Oprah (6) | American media proprietor, talk show host, actress |
| Winter, Barbara (1) | American author |
| Winter, William (1) | American author |
| Winterson, Jeanette (1) | English author |
| Wisdom, Norman (1) | English actor and comedian |
| Witherspoon, Reese (2) | American actress |
| Wo |
| Wolfe, Tom (1) | American author and journalist |
| Wooden, John Robert (1) | American basketball player and coach |
| Woolf, Virginia (6) | English author |
| Wordsworth, William (2) | English poet |
| Wr |
| Wright, Bonnie (1) | English actress |
| Wright, Frank Lloyd (2) | American architect |
| Wright, Richard (1) | |
| Wright, Stephen (2) | American writer |
| Wright, Steven (1) | American comedian, writer |
| Wu |
| Wurst, Conchita (1) | Austrian singer |
| Wurtzel, Elizabeth (5) | |
| Wy |
| Wyatt, Woodrow (1) | English politician and author |
| Wyse, Lois (1) | American advertising executive, author |