Your Desire To Communicate Must

For Me, First Of All, I Love People, I Love Ideas.

Some People Study A Text Very Deeply. The People Are My Text. I Study Their Words And What Their Words Sound Like, Over And Over Again. When I Was A Kid, My Grandfather Said That "if You Say A Word Often Enough, It Becomes You." Thinking Of That Later In Life Gave Me This Idea That I Could Try To Become America By Learning The Words Of People From Many Aspects Of The Country. It Doesn't Matter How Educated They Are. By Living In The World And Living Their Experiences, They Bring Extraordinary Truths. I Try To Do Those Truths Justice.

I Was A Mimic When I Was A Child. I Mimicked The Teacher And Made Friends That Way, Actually. That Was A Very Subversive Activity, Because I Was A Goody-goody Who Never Got In Trouble. But If I Went Off In The Corner And Mimicked The Teacher, People Loved It.

Movies, As Evidenced By A Chorus Of Protesting And Celebrating Americans, Influence Broader Trends.

Poverty Makes It Very Difficult In An Already Competitive World For Kids To Get On A Straight Track Where They Can Actually Love Learning.