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		In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I decided I wanted to become a novelist.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Meg Cabot 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. Scott Berg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Latifah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Right when 'High School Musical' was taking off, one of my little cousins called and was really excited to tell me there was a huge 'I Hate Zac Efron' club at her school. I'm sure they're doing great. More power to them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zac Efron 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Doescher 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Roman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Linney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victoria Azarenka 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My freshman year at Harrison High School, I saw a journalism class where students were putting out a weekly newspaper. It touched a responsive chord in me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irv Kupcinet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I was 12, my feet were so small, I wore my sisters' glitter shoes. My dad would whoop me: 'You're not going to school now, you'll embarrass us!' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Young Thug 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In college, I wanted to be a child psychologist. Acting was just something on the side to make money. And it was fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malin Akerman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Eddie Vedder 
			 
			
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		I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At the time of the presidential search, I was the dean. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				I. King Jordan