Interview with Pamela Anderson
Posted by Simon & Schuster on February 18, 2010Quick Start
SS: How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
PA: Family Friends Readers: too many blessings to count
SS: What is your motto or maxim?
PA: It's not a mistake, if you learn from it.
Questions About Books and Writing
SS: Who are your favorite authors?
PA: PD James, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth George
SS: What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
PA: American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block, Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, and Commonsense by Thomas Paine
SS: Is there a book you love to reread?
PA: No
SS: Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
PA: Turn off the Television.
SS: What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
PA: Thanks for telling the truth.
General Questions
SS: What is your birthdate?
PA: 10/23
SS: What were your previous occupations?
PA: Newspaper reporter, Journalist, worked on a dairy farm and a pig farm
SS: What was/is your favorite job?
PA: Mommy
SS: Where did you go to high school and/or college?
PA: Fayetteville-Manlius High School, Hoeng HF og Studenterkursus, Denmark, Onondaga County Community College, Georgetown University
SS: Name of your favorite composer or music artist?
PA: Dougie McLean
SS: What is your favorite movie?
PA: Vanhelsing
SS: What is your favorite television show?
PA: NCAA College Basketball
What Readers want to know...
SS: How would you describe perfect happiness?
PA: Serving Thanksgiving Dinner to all of my family.
SS: What’s your greatest fear?
PA: I'll lose my memory.
SS: If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
PA: Home, working.
SS: Which living person do you most admire?
PA: Barak Obama
SS: What are your most overused words or phrases?
PA: Very, Sweetie, Just a few pages more
SS: What do you regret most?
PA: Not playing Basketball in high school.
SS: If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
PA: Painting, to be an artist.
SS: What is your greatest achievement?
PA: My Children.
SS: What’s your greatest flaw?
PA: My Temper.
SS: What’s your best quality?
PA: Abiltiy to listen, and hear.
SS: If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
PA: I would be a hawk.
SS: What trait is most noticeable about you?
PA: I am a hard worker.
SS: Who is your favorite fictional hero?
PA: Inspector Dalgleish
SS: Who is your favorite fictional villain?
PA: Lord Valdemort
SS: If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
PA: Sergeant Joseph Plumb Martin, "Tell me what the Revolutionary War was really like."
SS: What is your biggest pet peeve?
PA: Rudeness
SS: What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
PA: Gardener
SS: What’s your fantasy profession?
PA: I am living it!
SS: What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
PA: Honesty, Sense of Humor, and Kindness
SS: If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
PA: Popcorn
SS: What are your 5 favorite songs?
PA: Breathe (2AM) by Anna Nalick; You Gotta Be by Des'ree; Waterfalls by TLC; I'm Still in Love With You by Al Green; Gonna Fly Now by Bill Conti
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