Benjamin Wood Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Always hoping to improve on the day before.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. I'm not really one for motivational sound-bites, but I try my best to be a person who adds to the world more than he subtracts from it.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. A clear view of the ocean and the mountains from my window; a stack of annotated manuscript pages on the desk; a well-written paragraph on the computer screen; the sound of my family's laughter coming up the stairs as they gather for dinner; a newly strung guitar; a cold glass of rootbeer; a fine cup of coffee; a warm bed; safety.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Doing the wrong thing at the right time.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Cape Cod, MA.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. Rather, suddenly, essentially, basically - i.e. words that sound like titles of Phil Collins albums.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. To slow and speed up the course of time at will. (I suppose that's more of a super power.)
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. Bruce Springsteen in the years 1975 to 1978.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Howard Roark
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. The entire village in Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery'.
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. Absent commas and/or apostrophes. Rudeness. And, for some reason I can't quite decipher: humans dressed as cats.
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Only 5? I'll have to be ruthless about this... 'Morning Theft' by Jeff Buckley; 'Thunder Road' by Bruce Springsteen; 'Country Feedback' by REM; 'Waltz No. 2' by Elliott Smith; 'Gemini (Birthday Song)' by Why?
