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Mark Ebner Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. I do what I always wanted to do.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Suicide by media can take a lifetime.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Dogs and dirt.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Seeing the bullet coming.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. The coast of Rhode Island.
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. Studs Terkel
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. My father, Dr. Herbert Ebner
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. "You know," and "Uhh...:
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. My debts.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. Filmmaking
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Writing an expose on dog fighting that helped change the local law against it from a misdemeanor to a felony.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Unchecked ego.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Flashes of humility.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. A dog, in a pack, for a day.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. My voice.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. My favorite fictional heroes are all anti-heroes like Jimmy McNulty from The Wire, and Vic Mackey from The Shield.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Iago (Othello)
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. To Clark Kent: "Grow a pair, and you won't ever need the the tights and cape."
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Aces cracked.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. Poker.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Long haul trucker.
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Honesty, openmindedness and willingness.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. New England clam chowder.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Small Change (Tom Waits), Ain't Got No..I Got Life (Nina Simone version), Wichita Lineman (Glenn Campbell), Je t'aime...moi non plus (Serge Gainsbourg et Brigitte Bardot), Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers)
On Books and Writing
- Q. How did you come to write Six Degrees of Paris Hilton?
- A. The book was born out of my Radar magazine story, "The Hustler, the Heiress and the Soft-Core Porn King." I contacted Darnell Riley (the criminal who shook down Girls Gone Wild goon Joe Francis with a gun and a video camera) in prison, and he told me, "I'm not going to pull an O.J. and say, 'If I did it.' I did it, and then some." Six Degrees of Paris Hilton is the "then some."
