20 QUESTIONS with DREW CHAPMAN
Twenty things you (probably) didn’t know about author and TV writer/producer, Drew Chapman.
- My first job was… Bike messenger in New York City. Barely survived that one.
- If I wasn’t a writer, I would likely be… An economics professor. (But probably not at a good college.)
- I collect… Nothing. I’m obsessed with throwing stuff away.
- My favorite word is… Superfluous.
- I’m a big fan of… The New York Mets.
- The single best piece of (writing related) advice I have ever gotten… Go out and get your nose bloodied.
- I have always wanted to… Walk across America. All the way, from one side to the other.
- The best thing I have ever read, (but did not write) is… Anna Karenina.
- People often tell me that I… Look like James Woods.
- I really think that my best work (published or not) is… A modern adaptation I did of Jack London’s Sea Wolf. Sadly, I wrote it when I was 28, many years ago.
- I find inspiration in… Walking the streets of a big city.
- The best thing about being a professional writer is… The hours.
- I spend way too much time… Checking the Amazon sales numbers on my novels. It’s a sickness. And it never ends well.
- The funniest person in my cell phone is… Nurse Jackie creator Evan Dunsky. That’s a funny guy.
- It really bothers me when… I write crap and can’t make it better.
- The worst thing about being a professional writer is… The hours.
- One mistake that most aspiring writers make is… Thinking their script is done when it isn’t. Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.
- If I knew the apocalypse was coming in 24 hours, I’d… Play Cards Against Humanity with my wife and daughters. The world ends with a laugh.
- The three websites I visit most often are… Amazon (for the above stated reason), ESPN (for Mets-related reasons), NYTimes.com (because: truth).
- You’d be surprised to know that I… love little babies.
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