Cara Hoffman Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. New York City
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. Philosophically? Emma Goldman
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. My brother
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Love, Amazing, Incredible and various hyphenated modifiers expressing profanity
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. a decade of chain smoking
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. having a flawless memory for jokes
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. raising a son
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. impatience
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. focus
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. The Oxford English Dictionary
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. I am small.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Little Bee
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. Robinson from Journey to the End of the Night
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. Character or real person?
I think Louis Ferdinand Celine fits the bill either way. We'd talk about things that can be better expressed by elipses... - Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. noise
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. singing or swimming
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Writer
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Wit, Empathy, Unpretentiousness
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. crystalized ginger
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. How about one long piece? "Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem" by Arvo Part--nothing compares to that.
On Books and Writing
- Q. Who are your favorite authors?
- A. Paul Bowles, Louis Ferdinand Celine, David Wojnarowicz, Zora Neale Hurston, George Orwell, Joan Didion, Simone DeBeauvoir, Hannah Arendt
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Close to the Knives, Journey to the End of the Night, Slouching Toward Bethleham, Mules and Men, The Second Sex, Orwell's Essays
- Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. Close to the Knives
