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There's nothing the Internet can tell me about myself that I don't already know. The rest is foolishness and people killing time.

I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself.

I didn't know you could write about yourself. Nobody ever told me about this.

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class.

My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.

The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly.

Whatever I've experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I'm proud of that. But it's someone who wakes up early, works all day, believes in charitable work, business-minded, diligent, accountable, problem-solving... I'm so much about school, consistency and tradition.

It's very difficult to be objective about yourself and your own circumstances, but one thing I do know about is that I grew up surrounded by storytellers.