What is the best thing that I love about my work?
My work is my life. Writing means living professionally. All the experience accumulated in my life becomes sooner or later literature. A book is ever a pernonal interpretation of external facts.
What is my idea of perfect happiness?
Everyone of us is happy once, twice, hundred times in a day. Happiness is a quick moment teared from time stream. Harder is finding serenity.
What is my greatest fear?
Someone I love could be hurted.
What is the trait that I most deplore in myself?
My fatalism.
Which living persons in my profession do i most admire?
Who can inspire me to new characters.
What is my greatest extravagance?
When I was younger sometimes I lived rockstar alike. Now I’m twice father, I’m calmed myself.
On what occasion would I lie?
When I don’t want to hurt anyone.
What is the thing that I dislike the most in my work?
Connection points.
When and where was I the happiest, in my work?
When I read a page written by me and I feel it good.
If I could, what would I change about myself?
The way to choose partner.
What is my greatest achievement in work?
My style, which changes according to the treated theme, from a solemn language until low vulgarity.
What do the words ‘The Financial Freedom to Create’ mean to me?
What Thomas Mann definied like “free writer”, talking about himself.
Where would I most like to live?
Turin.
What is my most treasured possession?
My children.
What is my most marked characteristic?
My self-confidence.
What is my most inspirational location, in my city?
At gym, when my son plays kung-fu, I sit apart and I quietly work on my laptop.
What is my favourite place to eat and drink, in my city?
At Japanese’s, maybe.
What books influenced my life and how?
Moby Dick. I also wrote a brief philosophical essay about it for the University of Trieste that you can read here: http://www2.units.it/etica/2013_2/DANIEL.pdf
Who are my favorite writers?
Melville, Gadda, Joyce, Proust, Celine, Bufalino.
You Only Die Once. What music would I listen on my last day?
All Elvis.
Who is my hero or heroine in fiction?
Superman.
Who are my heroes and heroines in real life?
Partisans.
Which movie would i recommend to see once in a lifetime?
Novecento by Bernardo Bertolucci.
What role plays art in my life and work?
I like art powerful. I’d like writing a novel on Michelangelo.
Who is my greatest fan, sponsor, partner in crime?
My first son.
Whom would I like to work with in 2019?
I usually work on my own. Last year I wrote a pamphlet with the great sci-fi writer Lukha Kremo, it was a awesome due.
Which people in my profession would i love to meet in 2019?
Michael Ondaatje.
What project, in 2019, am I looking forward to work on?
A novel on Quanah Parker, a great and cruel Comanche chief.
Where can you see me or my work?
Here, example given: https://www.amazon.it/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_it_IT=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=pee+gee+daniel
What do the words “Passion Never Retires” mean to me?
It’s passion that makes you work hard without apparent efforts. It’s a sort of superpower. If your passion is real, it drives you everywhere you want.
Which creative heroes should Peter invite to tell their story?
Gianluca Morozzi.
How can you contact me?
You can find me here:
https://www.facebook.com/peegeedanielandia/
https://twitter.com/PeeGeeDaniel
My email is: peegeedaniel@gmail.com