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Paul Volponi Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Bringing the most to each day.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. You're the sum total of your parts
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. A picnic in the park with no ants. But I'm on the subway too much to picnic.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. walking The edge between the sand and the ocean
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. The last guy in the picture.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. soul-- in people and in music
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. plate spinner or gator wrestler
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. Pop Tarts
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. I'd be a park bench, with eyes and ears.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Spiderman because he's flawed.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Death Vader and his breathing.
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. I'd explain to Babe Ruth that the hot dogs he ate had nothing on steroids.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. teacher/reporter
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Bull Fighter- with straws instead of daggers.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Pop Tarts, again.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. The Boxer, Tangled Up in Blue, Gentle On My Mind, Plane Wreck at Los Gatos, American Pie.
On Books and Writing
- Q. How did you come to write Hand You're Dealt?
- A. The Hand you're Dealt is a book about accepting the death of a loved one, disguised as poker. And a lot of it is about my own father's passing. Also, the main character is named Huck, for both Twain's Huck Finn, and the seventh card in Hold 'em being called "The River." Homestretch is about overcoming prejudice and finding a universal family. And it took me 13 years as a racetrack reporter to set a novel there.
