At some point, sitting in the school library, during reading period, I looked up from my leopard print … - Vera Nazarian

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The theme that runs through my movies is the fact that we create barriers for ourselves. . . . because we say, Well, I can't do that. But in the end, you can't do it unless you can imagine yourself succeeding at it.

Vera Nazarian

At some point, sitting in the school library, during reading period, I looked up from my leopard print hardcover composition notebook where I was scribbling a derivative [John Ronald Reuel ] Tolkien epic full of purple prose in tiny handwriting and thought to myself, "Damn! I am a writer! How did that happen?".

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