-: Well I think UVA basically instilled in me
a love of storytelling.
I think it was in English classes,
it was in drama classes,
that I sort of became interested in the idea
of a good story, and what are the elements of a good story,
and how you can tell it.
And cert`ainly, what are the different media
in which you can actually use a storytelling skill.
I often say, actually storytelling,
you can use storytelling in any field.
If you're in marketing, you're a storyteller.
If you're trying to sell any product,
you've got to tell the story of it.
And so I do think that from that standpoint,
UVA was really, my classes in the English department
particularly, but drama as well,
were just very geared towards great stories.
And the more great stories that you study and look at
and understand, the better you're gonna be
at crafting your own.