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Gabe Rotter Revealed
About Gabe Rotter
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What is your birthdate?:4/16
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Previous occupations:Production Assistant on The X-Files, Writers' Assistant, Personal Assistant, Director of Development, Co-Producer
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Favorite job:Writing is my favorite job -- by far
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High school and/or college:Syosset High school and USC
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Paul Simon, Bob Marley, Phish, Arcade Fire, Beatles, The Shins, A Tribe Called Quest, Rolling Stones, Jay-Z, Sublime
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Favorite movie:The Big Lebowski, Goodfellas, Back to the Future
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Favorite television show:Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Shield, Survivor, Six Feet Under, Lost, Sopranos, Sons of Anarchy
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. My life in only eight words?? Not possible.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Failure
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. On a Caribbean beach
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Curse words
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Charm, good looks, wit, modesty.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. My cat. That dude has it made.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. My slight stature and my prominent schnoz
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. The Big Lebowski
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Johnny Lawrence
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. When someone says "That's hilarious," but isn't laughing.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Pizza
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Impossible. But the playlist I've been listening to on repeat lately: "The High Road" by Broken Bells, "Late in the Evening" by Paul Simon, "Ashamed" by Deer Tick, "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, "Chillin" by Wale, "Frankie's Gun!" by The Felice Brothers, "Make You Feel Better" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Loving Cup" by Phish (Stones cover), "Little Secrets" by Passion Pit, "Say it Ain't So" by Weezer, "The What" by Notorious B.I.G. and Method Man, "Oh! You Pretty Things" by David Bowie
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. philip roth, bret easton ellis, elmore leonard, james m. cain, chuck palahniuk, carl hiaason, larry mcmurtry, cormac mcarthy, kurt vonnegut, jk rowling, woody allen, steve martin, harlan coben, nelson demille, charlie huston, hunter s. thompson, the cohen bros.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. i can't narrow it down to five! some books i love: the count of monte christo, extremely loud and incredibly close, american psycho, american pastoral, the time traveler's wife, cat's cradle, kane & abel, 1984, all of my friends are going to be strangers, stranger in a strange land, water for elephants, the road, lamb, the postman always rings twice, the death and life of bobby z
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. The Count of Monte Christo
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. The hardest part of writing is sitting down to write.
