Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.
Terry GrossThere should be a revenue stream that helps pay for the publication or for the work and helps pay the people who do it.
Terry GrossMy parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it. And I think it's because she was an immigrant and that idea of sort of having her kids be able to have access to their dreams and whatever they wanted to follow was very important to her.
Terry Gross