Cathy Hopkins Revealed
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. Happy writing in Bath, fab husband, cats, friends.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Never give up.
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. Home, a lazy long lunch in the sunshine with close friends and family, my husband Steve cooking (he's a great cook) cats dozng about on their backs, a jasmine scented breeze. Bliss.
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Loss of people I love.
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. Home. I just moved to Bath and love it here.
- Q. With whom in history do you most identify?
- A. God, this questionnaire is hard. Identify with? Um. OK, Einstein because he was a seeker, always looking for answers to the big questions.
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. My parents, they're both decent solid people who don't judge and who get on with life whatever it throws at them.
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. What I think is...
- Q. What do you regret most?
- A. Not living nearer to my family.
- Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
- A. The ability to put down on canvas some of the visuals I see in my head.
- Q. What is your greatest achievement?
- A. Really great friends.
- Q. What’s your greatest flaw?
- A. God! You'd have to ask those who know me. They'd have a long list.
- Q. What’s your best quality?
- A. Loyalty to my friends.
- Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
- A. Invisible. Imagine the fun you could have.
- Q. What trait is most noticeable about you?
- A. I had to call my husband to ask him this one. He said empathy and generosity. Ar. That's nice.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
- A. Kate from What Katie DId by Susan Coolidge. I loved those books when I was young.
- Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
- A. At the moment, I like Sue Sylvester from Glee. She gets all the best lines.
- Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
- A. Buddha. I'd say, so... what's it all about then?
- Q. What is your biggest pet peeve?
- A. People who talk in the cinema and in the quiet carriage on trains. Arghhh.
- Q. What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?
- A. reading and OK, I admit it, shopping.
- Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
- A. Rock and roll diva.
- Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?
- A. Sense of humour, integrity, generosity.
- Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?
- A. Chips. And Pakistani mangoes. I could live on them. Ok, that's two things...
- Q. What are your 5 favorite songs?
- A. Man From Mars - Joni Mitchell, Expecting to FLy - Buffalo Springfield, White Rabbit - Grace Slick and Jefferson Airoplane, You Do Something to Me - Paul Weller, Forever Young - Chrissie Hynde
