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Jamie Ponti Revealed
About Jamie Ponti
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What is your birthdate?:3/24
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Previous occupations:Television writer and producer
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Favorite job:Writing the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo for Nickelodeon
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High school and/or college:Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach Florida and the University of Southern California
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:Aaron Copland/Stevie Wonder
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Favorite movie:All the President's Men
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Favorite television show:The West Wing
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. A romantic comedy masquerading as a melodrama
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. It's not what you do that matters, it's who you do it with.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Sneaking off to see a movie in the middle of a weekday afternoon.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Having regrets for things I never tried.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Fenway Park or Atlantic Beach, Florida
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. Not counting my family, I'd go with Congressman John Lewis
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. "I'm sorry" and "You're probably not going to like this idea, but..."
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not reading more when I was a kid.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. I would love to be able to play a musical instrument.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Meeting my soul mate while I was in college - total luck
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. I worry a lot and have trouble relaxing.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. My sense of humor.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. Actually, good, bad and ugly I have the life that I chose and I wouldn't change with anyone.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. I talk way too much
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Encyclopedia Brown
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Hans Gruber in the movie Die Hard
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. Jackie Robinson. I would probably be speechless, but if I could get the words out they would be, "Thank you so very much."
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. People who say "I could care less" when they actually mean, "I couldn't care less"
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Producing documentaries
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Politician
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Humor, Honesty, Passion
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Lasagna
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. "One" by U2, "Crazy" by Patsy Cline, "Classical Gas" by Mason Adams, "The River" by Bruce Sprinsteen and "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. Carl Hiaasen, John Steinbeck, Robert Frost, Michael Chabon, Mark Twain, Joel & Ethan Coen
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Catcher in the Rye
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Every word matters.
- Q. How did you come to write Animal Attraction?
- A. I was out of work and didn't see many prospects, so I spent a few weeks writing the first four or five chapters and submitted them. Amazingly, someone called me up and asked me to write the rest. I based the plot lines on things that happened to my friends and me growing up in a Florida beach town and during summers spent working at Walt Disney World.
