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Gender
Male
Birthday
March 9 1941
Location
Albuquerque, NM
Type of Writer
Careful. I tend to think through the story first, then write a draft followed by many edits.
Interests
Painting, writing, reading, watching old films.
Favorite Books
Grapes of Wrath, Birth of the Modern, Thinking the Unthinkable
Favorite Authors
Elmore Leonard, John Steinbeck, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway,
Favorite Quote
"Gravitas, gravitas"
Favorite Music
Beethoven's 9th
Favorite Movies
Far too many to list. "The Passion of Joan of Arc", a silent classic, is one of the best uses of cinematography I know of. Bergman, Fellini,and Kurasawa are always good. "Treasure of the Sierra Madre", "Citizen Kane", so many films.
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