THE FIVE:
1. What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Nanny/Housekeeper in a bottle. I’d so love to be able to call these up genii-style and then dismiss at will.
2. What is the worst job you’ve done?
Post college I worked for an investment firm in a job that got me a great stay at a NYC townhouse, but I had to walk cranky, flatulent dogs…..Math…annoyed beasts….not my best choices.
3. What is your most treasured possession?
In a good way, I don’t care much for stuff anymore. My parents were married for a long long time, then split up and we had to choose what we wanted fast. I realized how little of what mattered was contained in any object. It was a good lesson.
4. What one word do you think describes you best?
Persistent. The fact that I don’t give up—on things, on dreams, on people, is the best virtue I can claim.
5. If you knew you would be stranded on a desert island, which book, piece of music, and snack food would you take with you?
Ooh. That’s a really good one. And of course, a hard one. I’d love to say The Complete Works of Shakespeare, and honestly, that could work. I majored in English Lit and wrote my Senior Essay on Hamlet and still feel as though I have a lot to learn.
I send out a list of questions to all interviewees, and allow them to choose the five they want to answer most - Huntley has accidentally answered six, and because I love the answer to the next question, I'm letting this slide...
6. What intrigues you?
People. Oh I love to people-watch. I am not someone who can write at Starbucks or Panera as, very inconveniently, I require absolute quiet when I write. But I get my fix on drama by watching what goes on when I get coffee!
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