I am everybody I've ever seen or heard of thought of, either in
   fiction or non-fiction for my entire life. They are a part of me
   through empathy. When I watch a movie and a character I identify
   with while I am watching it is happy, I am happy. I am them.
   They are me. I have died thousands of times. Each of those
   deaths are my deaths. This isn't metaphorical: I believe this is
   actual. These things become me. When I question myself, I am not
   questioning myself yet I also am: That voice of doubt that I can
   trace back to my 3rd grade art teacher who thought my owl wasn't
   good enough? Well, she's dead. She's NOT the one doubting my
   abilities. It is now I, doubting my abilities. She has become
   me. The cliche I have of her is now a part of me. It is me. Yet
   am I more than this? Yes. Am I _only_ a compilation of everybody
   I've ever experienced? No. Why? Because: the choosing is coming
   from within me. It isn't coming from the outside. I have
   awareness of my choosing. I can change my choosing. I can modify
   my emotions. I can modify my thinking. That's me. And all of the
   people, real and fictional that I have incorporated into myself
   as a series of scripts and plays and words and questions and
   answers? It's not them because they were each MORE THAN I'LL
   EVER KNOW. Its me. The cliche of them, is me, even though I am
   also more than that. We exist inbetween the extremes others give
   for us, either avoiding them or matching them in some way.