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Fan Wu Revealed
About Fan Wu
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What is your birthdate?:7/29
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Previous occupations:Global Research Analyst
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Favorite job:Writing, if you can call it a job
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High school and/or college:I did both high school and college in China.
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Betchoven
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Favorite movie:Hard to say. The Lives of Others is a good one.
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Favorite television show:Frasier
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Live, think, read, write, dream, love, travel, enough?
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. A journey of a thousand miles starts from the first step.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Reading a good book in front of a burning fireplace on a snowy evening
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. One chapter from completing a 400-page book, I realize that I hate the book
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. A small, remote village somewhere in China
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. No one yet.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. You know...
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not traveling the world before I had my daughter
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. Knowing people's minds
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Being still alive
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Terrible at direction
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Being a good listener
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. An eagle
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. Curious
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Winston Smith in 1984
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Da Ci Bao from Laoshe's novel, Four Generations Under One Roof
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. Lu Xun, a Chinese writer from the twentieth century. I wouldn't say a word to him; meeting him is enough
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Looking at people on the streets, at cafes...
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Astronaut
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Honest, generous, passionate
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Blueberries
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. Chekhov, V.S. Naipaul, Lu Xun, Lao She, Albert Camus, William Trevor, Alice Munro, to name a few.
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Many. For example, Dr. Zhivago, One Thousand Years of Solitude, Lolita, Lu Xun's short stories
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. You know your characters
