Corinne always wanted to be a grown-up. She was never very childlike. It was nothing we did, it was just her.

She kind of marched to her own drum. She just tended to gravitate to things that were a little bit off-center.

She was just mesmerized by the whole thing. Then, I think, about her sophomore year, she came to me and said she wanted to leave Eldred a year early.

He said many important things that are still resonant today. That's what a lot of people responded to. What he had to say in 1945 is still very pertinent. We found no lack of people who were influenced by Norman.

I fell in love with the whole atmosphere. It was like joining the circus and not having to leave home.

We didn't know which way it would go, so it was a happy surprise. This is just a wonderful acknowledgment that you must be doing something right. We all get validated in different ways. This is, in our industry, the ultimate validation.