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Doug Magee Revealed
About Doug Magee
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What is your birthdate?:1/24
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Previous occupations:Photojournalist, screenwriter, producer and director
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Favorite job:I love to write
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High school and/or college:Rome Free Academy, Rome, New York, Amherst College, Union Theological Seminary
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:J.J. Johnson
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Favorite movie:Aguirre, The Wrath of God
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Favorite television show:I have to say Seinfeld or my wife will leave me
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. A search for the certainty of uncertainty
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Live without mottos or maxims
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. There's no greater happiness than being content, satisfied with who you are and what you have, living without fear or desires.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Forgetting who I really am.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Right here.
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. Seekers of any stripe
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. The millions of persevering poor.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Terrific
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not having Edith Piaf's attitude.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. Improvising jazz
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. My three sons
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Can I get back to you on that one?
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Can I get back to you on that one as well?
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. A no-thing
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. Hmm. My baldness of speech and head
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Tom Jones
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" -- is he a villain?
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. I'd like to hang out with Thomas Paine, but I have the feeling he'd do all the talking.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Having to listen to someone else's cell phone conversation
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Photography, film work, playing trombone
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Just what I'm doing now
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Optimism, curiosity, caring
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Seafood
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Okay, I'll bite 1. Sittin' On The Dock of The Bay 2. Lullaby of Birdland 3. Mr. Blue 4. Subterranean Homesick Blues 5. Hey Jude
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. Cervantes
Mark Twain
Jean Giono
Elmore Leonard
Emerson
Walt Whitman
Garcia-Marquez
Henry Fielding - Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Don Quixote
Leaves of Grass
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Tom Jones
Women In Love - Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Tom Jones
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Keep writing. Don't look back.
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. You wrote that?
