Is it time for the 10 questions?, You tell me..... Options

[Cleo_Serapis]

Hey.....

I think it's time for the 10 questions we all wanna know!  :dance:

Here goes:
[*]What is your favorite food?
[*]What is your favorite hobby?
[*]What is your favorite movie of all time?
[*]Who is your favorite writer?
[*]What is your favorite book?
[*]Who do you most admire (and why)?
[*]What is your favorite quote/saying/words of wisdom?
[*]What drives you to write?
[*]Have you ever been published?
[*]If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Thanks in advance everyone!
Cheers!
~Cleo  :pharoah:

[Guest_Jox_*]

What is your favourite food?
Smoked Salmon, quails' eggs, beetroot, raspberries, mangoes, and almost anything with real ale or scrumpy!

What is your favourite hobby?
My partner and I, plus our three dogs, watching village cricket on a beautiful village cricket pitch on a warm sunny day with a pint of real ale in hand. At the same time having an earpiece in, listening to the BBC's "Test Match Special" where Henry Blowfelt is commentating on the Fifth Ashes Test of the summer with England set to win both the match and the Series! (Though the dogs do have problems holding their glasses).

[For the uninitiated: The Ashes is the series of five cricket matches - each of up to five days, held every other year between Australia and England. As the Aussies are the World's No1 and, until recently, England has had many bad years in cricket, this scenario would be wonderful. Oh, yes, and cricket is really the only sport the planet needs - we could easily scrap everything else.]

What is your favourite movie of all time?
I like comparatively few films but of all I think the answer must be: "Harvey" about a six-feet tall invisible white rabbit. Starred James Stewart as Elwood P Daoud (spelling unsure) and Harvey, as himself. I have to make honourable mentions of a few other almost equals... "Sink The Bismarck"; Star Wars" IV (original); "Kind Hearts and Coronets"; "The Meaning of life" (Python); "The Cruel Sea"; "Battle of Britain"; etc

Who is your favourite writer?
Playwright & Overall Favourite: William Shakespeare
Poet (apart from Shakespeare): Wilfred Owen
Novelist: John LeCarre
Political Writer: Matthew Parris

What is your favourite book?
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Novel: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John LeCarre.

Who do you most admire (and why)?
Mustardseed, my late dog. She mothered me and one could not hope for a better friend. She gave everything and asked little. She was courageous and intelligent. Her only fault was that she hated anyone and anything outside the pack. I have never met a human being with more than half her qualities and I doubt I have a quarter.

What is your favourite quote/saying/words of wisdom?
I like quotes but I have never seen one which encompasses everything - so different quotations for different circumstances. However, if pushed, I suppose Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech sums up much of the human condition.

What drives you to write?
My Volvo estate quite often if I go out and about. Ok, to be serious...
I suppose that character or scenarios enter my head and I have to write about them to see what happens (as no one else can tell me). As the late Tommy Cooper (The tall, fez-wearing magician/comedian) said when telling a joke, "Sssh! I want to listen - I've not heard this one!"

Have you ever been published?
Yes but only in magazines. My main ambition is to have novels published. Honourable mentions for poetry would also be most satisfying. I do not like short stories (satire excepted) - though I do try to write some.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Just one thing is not worth the effort. Now, if I could change all 357 things.... Alternatively, I would love to open the batting for England against the Australians and score a century. Dreams...!