Brad, thank you for the interview here. And congratulations on making the Black List and your recent sale. You must feel on top of the world right now! > My teacher was a woman named Sloan Seale who was overly generous with her time and recognized that I had a real passion for writing. I may not have been very good, but I was more interested than the other students. So I would send her pages of my scripts and she was really supportive and encouraging and sort of said, ‘Go for it’. That was the springboard. You need people like that in your life, I think. People who say ‘yes’. People who to tell you to jump. Luckily I’ve had a few over the years. I'm so happy for you that you had that experience. I've had a few people like that in my life over the years, too. It is incredible what a difference it makes to have someone who believes in you. I've wondered if that isn't why stories like Harry Potter resonate with so many people, because we all secretly hope that we're an unrecognized "chosen one" and someone is going to come along, understand our hidden talents, and pluck us from obscurity. I look forward to reading the rest of your interview.

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