I won the first contest I ever entered, when I was 6.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I won my first medal when I was nine years old. It was at the Boston Open.
I always tried to win. I was as competitive as I am today.
I went seven years between 2002 and 2009 without winning. Then I did win in '09.
It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth form and we used to have an end of year celebration and give out different awards. I even got a little trophy!
I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career.
Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win.
I don't remember the first time I won. I remember the first time I lost, and it sucked. It was go-karts; I was, like, 6 years old.
I was making a lot of momentous personal decisions. I was still very very young: when the prize was awarded, I was 33; the work I had done when I was 21.
It was a hole in one contest and I had a three.