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Q&A...

Anthony was kind enough to answer some questions for us. Part I is The Actor's Studio questionnaire. Part II is ten, fan-picked questions from the questionnaire made famous by writer Marcel Proust.

Part I: "The Actor's Studio" questionnaire:

1. What is your favorite word?

Namaste.

2. What is your least favorite word?

Dues.

3. What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?

Vision.

4. What turns you off?

Cynicism.

5. What is your favorite curse word?

The Dutch version of "Goddamnit!!" (Grew up with it. Still use it. Can't be beat for pure, guttural power.)

6. What sound or noise do you love?

Small children speaking solemnly.

7. What sound or noise do you hate?

Benighted adults speaking solemnly.

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?

Faith healer.

9. What profession would you not like to do?

Taxidermist

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?

"What took you so long?"

Part II: Ten, fan-picked questions from writer Marcel Proust's questionnaire:

1. What is your most marked characteristic?

Dogged persistence.

2. What do you value most in your friends?

Dog-like loyalty.

3. What is your dream of happiness?

Living up to my own potential while being healthy and my loved ones being healthy and happy.

4. Who are your favorite prose writers?

Cormac McCarthy and Paul Bowles.

5. Who are your favorite fictional heroes?

Howard Roarke from "The Fountainhead" and Sancho Panza from "Don Quixote."

6. Who are your favorite painters?

René Magritte and Winslow Homer.

7. Who are your heroes in real life?

Paramahansa Yogananda, Jesus, my Dad, Danny Thomas and George Carlin.

8. What natural gift would you most like to possess?

To compose beautiful music.

9. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?

That very same dogged persistence.

10. What is your motto?

"Providence is the source from which all things flow, and allied with it is Necessity, and the welfare of the Universe."- Marcus Aurelius

Available Works

"A Coal To His Lips," (e-book) by Anthony Starke is available for $10.00 USD.

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"A Coal To His Lips" is the story of Henry Norman, a young, imprisoned African-American man who undergoes a spiritual/psychological transformation in the novel. He finds that he has an unmanageably powerful (and sometimes unwanted) effect on those around him.

Henry's struggle, and ultimate triumph, is to learn to integrate a greater understanding of his true nature while learning to accept and honor the boundaries of his life as an ex-con and, by the end of the book, his roles as son, friend, lover, husband and father.