Being honest with others is important, but it is perhaps even more crucial to be honest with yourself. There's nothing wrong with being truthful about what you want, as long as you're willing to do what it takes to go after it.

As the creator of hit television shows like The Fugitive and Maverick, Roy Huggins certainly had the right brain for television. Smart and creative, Huggins found himself a well-sought-after creator in the television industry.

Despite the success, Huggins remained humble and honest with himself. When pressed in an interview as to whether he considered himself a "genius," Huggins responded in the negative.

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"The first requirement of a creative genius of any magnitude is that he exercise his genius and I don't," said Huggins during an interview with the Portland Press Herald. "I'm in television to make lots of money."

Those pursuing a lucrative career are often considered greedy, without proper reasoning. Money is needed to live comfortably, and there is nothing wrong with wanting more of it by working in an honest manner. To Huggins, money wasn't simply one step in the direction of luxury. To the television creator, money was synonymous with freedom.

"You make money to become free, maybe even free enough to become a college professor," said Huggins.

In order to gain that freedom, Huggins had to understand what made a television viewer tick, what made them return to a series week after week.

"People demand a certain amount of fantasy," said Huggins. "They need it because their lives are bereft of it; therefore, it becomes therapeutic. Americans are brought up to believe that daydreaming is bad. So we in television supply them with prefabricated fantasies. I sold Fugitive to ABC without even naming the character or his part. I just said, look, we will supply a vast number of fantasies. And that sold the series."