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Ptolemy Tompkins

Ptolemy Tompkins
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Ptolemy Tompkins

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. I'll have to to go with Heraclitus' line: "Character is fate." Which doesn't mean that I think I have a particularly good character. I just think it's true.
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My life in 8 words: "Get back to where you once belonged. Again."
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The Modern Book of the Dead will be released on February 14, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Ptolemy Tompkins Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. I'll have to to go with Heraclitus' line: "Character is fate." Which doesn't mean that I think I have a particularly good character. I just think it's true. Q. What are your 5 favorite songs? A. Really? Okay, let's see. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" -- Joy Division. "Pride (In the Name of Love)" -- U2. "Dreaming" -- Blondie. "Moonlight Mile" -- The Rolling Stones. "I Am the Resurrection" -- The Stone Roses Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing? A. Reading. Q. What are your most overused words or phrases? A. Changes by the book, though there are always a lot. In The Modern Book of the Dead, "utterly" was a problem. Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. The psychologist Carl Jung said somewhere that at bottom, everyone's greatest fear is hell. Not the Christian hell, necessarily, but a place of ultimate darkness and negativity. A place that's DOWN, not UP. I think he was right. Well, he was right about me at least. Learn more about Ptolemy Tompkins

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