In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.
You have all the influence you choose to have.
You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.
My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.
Creating something is all about problem-solving.
You have to have a personal connection. You have to really want to do it, because if you don't, investing yourself personally, your thoughts, your emotions, yourself into a part, is something you're not going to want to do as much.