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Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television screenwriter, producer, and author. She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy,

 its spin-off Private Practice, and the political thriller series Scandal. Rhimes has also served as the executive producer of the ABC television series Off the Map, How to Get Away with Murder, The Catch, and Grey's spinoff Station. 

In 2007, 2013, and 2021, Rhimes was named by Time on the Time 100, their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. In 2015, she published her first book, a memoir, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun, and Be Your Own Person. In 2017, Netflix said that it had entered into a multi-year development deal with Rhimes, by which all of her future productions will be Netflix Original series. Netflix had already purchased the streaming rights to past episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal.

Martin Scorses is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.  He has received an Academy Award, Four BAFTA Awards, Three Emmys, a Grammy, Three Golden Globe Awards, and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for the 1976 psychological thriller Taxi Driver.  Other films of him include "The Last Temptation, Silence, After Hours, Kundun, Hugo, The Departed, Raging Bull, Good Fellas, and a host of others.   An advocate for film preservation and restoration, he founded three nonprofit organizations: The Film Foundation in 1990, the World Cinema Foundation in 2007, and the African Film Heritage Project in 2017.[5]

Maya Angelou is one of my favorite writers.  The first book I read by her was "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."  I loved it.  So much of it reminded me of visiting the South as a child.  However, it was the part where she refused to speak for five years that amazed me.  Wow!  What strength it showed.  I know I could never have done it.  I so wish I would have been blessed enough to have had the opportunity to speak with her personally.  There is so much I would have asked.   I would have loved to have been able to draw from her wisdom. 

While "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was the first book I read by her, "Me and Mom and Me" is my favorite.   As the title suggests, it's a book about her relationship with her mother.  I read it with my daughter while we were on vacation about 6 years ago.  It was a wonderful read, and I dare say it helped bring us even closer than we already were.  Peering through the window of Ms. Angelou's life through the pages of that book, we both realized that we don't have to be perfect or expect perfection from each other.  Love is enough.   Although her relationship with her mom was complicated, Ms. Angelou found the unmatched, unconditional mother's love to be steadfast and undeniable.  It helped shape and mold her to become a great mother herself.  A superb read.