What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To go through life never knowing someone loves you.
Where would you like to live?
First choice: I'd love to live beside a small lake in the mountains of Italy. Second choice: Camden Maine.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Earthly happiness, gosh...really great coffee on a breezy porch...with no place to be all day.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
I am most indulgent when it comes to my daughter, Kate. But I don't care. She's my only one, and I adore her. She appreciates me, so it's easy.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Authors or characters? As for authors, I would have to say John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and Tennessee Williams. Characters: Billy Buck (The Red Pony), Ishmael Chambers (Snow Falling on Cedars), Peter Pan, Ivan Ivanovich.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
I love Mark Twain. He was a smart ass long before smart ass was cool. Martin Luther King was awesome. Oh, I can't forget Lewis & Clark and Sacagawea.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My mom, my daughter, and myself.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Anna Karenina, Moll Flanders, Fantine, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the Bronte sisters.
Your favorite painter?
Georgia O'Keefe.
Your favorite musician?
It's a toss up. Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Charlie Parker, Jellyroll Morton, among many others. Favorite songwriter of ALL time: Johnny Mercer
The quality you most admire in a man?
Integrity/compassion
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Strength/compassion
Your favorite virtue?
Oh, I don't know. All of them. Probably tranquility is my favorite.
Your favorite occupation?
I love being an editor, but I'd rather work on twelve books a year, instead of 200.
Who would you have liked to be?
Exactly myself, but in the 16th to 18th century.
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