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I started reading about people of great accomplishment... and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.

Basically, I see myself as a maker of things who knows how to support other makers of things. At the end of the day, I am just committed to helping put good stories out into the world in whatever role is appropriate and needed for that particular project.

I view myself as someone who is always trying to make life better in practical ways and putting the pieces together to do that.

I'm learning a lot how to be good at what I do and also how lucky I am and take it all in and be grateful for all this late in life success I've been having and it's good to have people that have been around and successful for awhile and work with them and see how they behave and it's why they are who they are and why they're still successful.

My childhood is a part of my story, and it's why I'm who I am today and why my career is what it is.

I think anyone who has a passion for what they love to do, and who pursue it, is inspirational for me.

I grew up in a household that had its roots in church and community and culture and poetry and song and in the arts. Those aspects certainly shaped what I do.

Class is something I know about. I've lived it every day of my life, and it shaped me in my identity.

Everything that happens to me in my life, be it good or bad, it's all education, and it's important for that to become part of what you do. It all feeds the beast.

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.