If someone believed that I had done something bad and I couldn't clear my name.
Where would you like to live?
Anywhere Mandarin speaking. Or Hong Kong.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Reading.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Lying to yourself about the small things. I totally understand. It's still stupid, but I understand.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The un-sung hero. The best example of which is Sydney Carton. "It is a far far better thing I do now than I have ever done, a far far better rest I go to than I have ever known..."
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Normal people. If a person is still remembered, they probably did something spectacularly bad. Or if they are academics, I dislike the fact that we just remember one name when it takes an entire entourage (with many females) and loads of money to support someone doing research. A named person? Not interested.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My female friends.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Sadly, there are not many to choose from. Heroines are a pretty sad lot and I can't really identify with them, for the most part. All of them are pretty or want to be pretty, and all of them are far too aware of their sex to be anything but limited by it. I'm with Virginia Woolf; the female sex will be nothing so long as she is a heroine first and a hero second.
Your favorite painter?
I have a favourite painting - The Necklace by William McGregor Paxton. No favourite painter.
Your favorite musician?
Impossible. More like an era - "Alternative" music from the mid-80s. The Bryan Eno, Bobby & Cynthia, Japan, XTC kind of stuff.
The quality you most admire in a man?
An interest in others besides himself.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
A strong ego.
Your favorite virtue?
Kindness.
Your favorite occupation?
I don't understand the question. No job is good in itself, it depends on the context. The 'best' job can be the worst if you are not cut out for it.
Who would you have liked to be?
An astronaut, if only it were possible.
1 comment:
That's why it says "your" favorite occupation. And as to Sydney C., he got to be the martyred hero of a hugely popular novel--that's unsung? And heroines: Jane Eyre seems like a pretty good candidate, not least because she's my favorite.
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