davis, professor wood and steven anthony joan with the lorraine hansbury theater. was going to ask some arts questions but as you know, we just very recently lost a giant in maya i was going to ask you about this woman that was so eclectic, so influential. >> she is truly, truly, a giant. a great, great artist, intellectual who has worked with great sensitivity and insight, helped us better understand who we are, where we've come from and where we have to go. what's still left. none of us live forever but she will be missed. i had the pleasure of meeting with her years ago. she came backstage. i'm not generally one who's overwhelmed by celebrity. i was speechless. i was just absolutely speechless. >> as each of you know, it's tough enough to do one thing extremely well, to be a poet and author and a teacher and an actress and all those things. what are your thoughts about that? >> well, she was just a renaissance person. she came from a time when it wasn't unusual that one's expertise just spread across many areas. a writer, director, mentor, teacher. all of those