Interview with Pamela Anderson

Posted by Simon & Schuster on February 18, 2010

Quick 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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