obviously decided to transcend a lot of what you were up against. well, i knew i had to get out of there. i knew i had to get some way out of the south. i was destined to be a teacher at a school, a public school or private school and i would have never left the south. once i got out of the south and i went to brown, then i came to new york and i met the great, great andy worhol, don t go back at christmas. i would have taken a safe secure job and never gone back. i love the south. what did andy worhol see in you and what did that make you see in your snefl he supported me. he would say, oh, gee, you can be anything you want. that s so great, andre. he didn t support every person you met? something was in me when i came and i was hungry to impress. but i did it in a very subtle way as the great writer vanessa freidman said all i m getting from you is