So I may not have had a gothic childhood, but childhood makes its own gothicity.

I may not like the material, but I'm still a trouper.

I'm an emotional person. I may not seem that way, but I'm an emotional person.

I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.

The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery in it, and sort of midwife that mystery into the story in such a way that it isn't damaged in the process, and may even get heightened or refined.

I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I'm doing.