Terry Gross

I believe we're shaped by our failures, by our weaknesses and setbacks, at least as much as we are by our successes. In many cases, those failures make ultimate success possible.

It was actually very liberating. All of it helped teach me who I was by teaching me who I wasn't.

On the air I am capable of asking anybody anything. But take away the mic and I can become uncomfortable, self-conscious, and insecure.