Issa Rae, thank you so much for coming to the Forbes Power Women Summit.

My pleasure, thanks for having me.

It's especially an honor because 10 years ago in 2014, you were on our 30 under 30 list.

And in those 10 years, a lot has happened.

A quick summary.

You became a best-selling author.

You founded your own production company.

You are a Peabody Trailblazer award winner. And this

fall, you are launching a new jewelry line, a lot of which you are wearing right now. Indeed.

That's a lot of titles, and I left a few off. Do you have a favorite role that you play or hat

that you wear? Oh, I mean, hands down being a producer, a writer-producer.

Like, I love being able to, I put that combo together because I love being able to, like, pen something and then make it.

And that's, like, nothing's more satisfying than that.

You're a big handwritten notes. I'm a handwritten girl.

Like, I see your notebook in hand.

Like I need a notebook.

And if I have an idea at night, I will, if I will reluctantly write it on my phone,

because it's hard to like be in the dark and try to write something down.

But that's like the only time if my notebook's not handy.

You say writer and producer, I would say storyteller.

That's a better way to put it.

But the storyteller still omits the making of it part.

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