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Antwone Fisher
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Antwone Fisher

Antwone Fisher is an award-winning producer and screenwriter and the author of the bestselling memoir Finding Fish and Who Will Cry for the Little Boy?, a collection of poetry.

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Never give up and always do your very best.
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My life in 8 words: "Disconcerting, Desultory, Dramatic, Dangerous Fantastic, Magical and wonderful."
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March 2, 2010
A friend asked me, " Antwone, why did you write this book for boys when you have girls?" I replied, "I wrote the book for boys...
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Apr 28, 2010
A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie will be released on April 20, 2010 in Paper Over Board, eBook
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A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie is now available in Paper Over Board, eBook
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Antwone Fisher Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Never give up and always do your very best. Q. What’s your best quality? A. My determination. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. Tardiness Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. The career criminal named Fagin in the book Oliver Twist. Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Bill Withers Learn more about Antwone Fisher

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Broadway World, June 13, 2010
...Great Debaters (directed), Inside Man, Déjà Vu, American Gangster, The Manchurian Candidate, Out of Time, Man on Fire, Antwone Fisher (directed), John Q, Remember the Titans, The Bone Collector, Fallen, He Got Game, The Siege, Courage Under Fire,...
Deseret Morning News, June 13, 2010
...and the whole family will enjoy. by Antwone Quenton Fisher, Touchstone Books, 240 pages, $19.99 (nf) When Antwone Fisher became a Navy recruit, he realized he had never acquired the grooming skills to reflect on the outside the man he was becoming on the...
Asbury Park Press, June 6, 2010
...exercises. A BOY SHOULD KNOW HOW TO TIE A TIE AND OTHER LESSONS FOR SUCCEEDING IN LIFE by Antwone Fisher (Touchstone, $19.99) He grew up in foster care, and no one taught him the important, basic lessons he needed to make his life a win-win. So in this...
New Pittsburgh Courier, May 19, 2010
...not the only one who has noticed that a young man should know how to tie a tie. Antwone Fisher just penned a book “A Boy Should Know How to Tie A Tie: And Other Lessons For Succeeding In Life,” (Simon & Schuster $19.99). When Fisher became a...
Apples for Health, May 13, 2010
...World.” A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie and Other Lessons For Succeeding in Life by Antwone Fisher (Touchstone, $19.99) Award-winning producer and screenwriter Antwone Fisher realized when he was a recruit in the Navy that no one had ever taken the...
CNN, April 25, 2010
...Antwone Fisher says his foster father always wore ties but never taught him how to tie one. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Antwone Fisher is screenwriter whose life was basis for 2002 movie Fisher...
CNN, April 24, 2010
...Antwone Fisher says his foster father always wore ties but never taught him how to tie one. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Antwone Fisher is screenwriter whose life was basis for 2002 movie Fisher...
Village Voice, March 19, 2010
...director Peter Hanson doesn't really push his numerous talking heads (including William Goldman, Allison Anders, John Carpenter, Antwone Fisher) beyond soft confirmation of what is already well known: The writer is treated worse than a red-headed...
New York Times, March 12, 2010
...script is groped by everyone from studio executives to craft services (“You have so many dance partners,” bemoans Antwone Fisher), there’s precious little nuts-and-bolts advice. Unless you count John D. Brancato’s tip to “always sit on the...
New York Times, March 11, 2010
...script is groped by everyone from studio executives to craft services (“You have so many dance partners,” bemoans Antwone Fisher), there’s precious little nuts-and-bolts advice. Unless you count John D. Brancato’s tip to “always sit on the...
Mahogany Butterfly, January 18, 2010
...today. After all, that’s what many other black bloggers seemed to be doing. Comparing the film to Rosewood, Antwone Fisher, and A Time To Kill, many described it as a film blacks were obligated to see, but only once, as its potential to depress is...
Broadway World, January 13, 2010
...Great Debaters (directed), Inside Man, Déjà Vu, American Gangster, The Manchurian Candidate, Out of Time, Man on Fire, Antwone Fisher (directed), John Q, Remember the Titans, The Bone Collector, Fallen, He Got Game, The Siege, Courage Under Fire,...
Broadway World, January 5, 2010
...Great Debaters (directed), Inside Man, Déjà Vu, American Gangster, The Manchurian Candidate, Out of Time, Man on Fire, Antwone Fisher (directed), John Q, Remember the Titans, The Bone Collector, Fallen, He Got Game, The Siege, Courage Under Fire,...
Hollywood Reporter, December 7, 2009
...Paul Robert Herman of Jade Tiger Films. Allison Anders ('Gas Food Lodging'), John August ('Go'), John Carpenter ('Halloween'), Antwone Fisher ('Antwone Fisher'), David Hayter ('Watchmen'), Bruce Joel Rubin ('Ghost'), Guinevere Turner ('American Psycho')...
Central Utah Daily Herald, October 8, 2009
...Country' by Alan Paton, 'Dandelion Wine' by Ray Bradbury, 'Day of Tears' by Lester, Julius, 'Finding Fish' by Antwone Fisher, 'Hot Lunch' by Alex Bradley, 'Kiki Strike' by Kristen Miller, 'Listen' by Stephanie S. Tolan, 'Once Upon a Marigold' by Jean...
WOWT, August 27, 2009
...Topics More than 1400 people attended this year's Project Harmony 'Speaking of Children' luncheon. The featured speaker, Antwone Fisher shared his incredible life experience of abuse and neglect as a child. Fisher was born in prison and moved from foster...
APOOO, June 19, 2010
...a post from: APOOO Related Posts On the ‘Net with Author Donna Hill On the ‘Net With Author Antwone Fisher On the ‘Net with Author Pat Simmons On the ‘Net with Author Kia DuPree On the ‘Net With Author Pynk...
APOOO, April 3, 2010
...2010 A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie and Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life by Antwone Fisher Can’t Help the Way I Feel by Lori Bryant-Woolridge Caught Up in the Drama by Reshonda Billingsley ‘ Foxy My Life in Three Acts by Pam Grier ...
APOOO, December 31, 2009
...Hill A Boy Should Know How to Tie a Tie and Other Lessons for Succeeding in Life by Antwone Fisher Caught Up in the Drama by Reshonda Billingsley Spiritual Seduction by Desiree Day Trouble Down the Road by Bettye Griffin Till You Hear From Me...