The Questionnaire: David Yourdon

By The QuestionnaireMarch 26, 2012

How do you get up in the morning?


By cushioning the process with a half-hour nap.


 


Do you succumb to nostalgia?


Yes. Immediately. I manufacture it in the moment.


 


Best piece of advice you ever received?


Mirroring reality is not the purpose of having minds.


 


Which classic author would you like to see kicked out of the pantheon?


The first one who misbehaves.


 


What country would you want to be exiled in?


Canada.


 


Title of the book you're probably never going to write, but would kind of like to get around to?


Cream of Wheat


 


What character or story haunts you?


Prufrock.


 


Does plot matter?


It does to me.


 


 


 

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The Questionnaire is, as her name suggests, a multifarious and mysterious interlocutor. Chameleon-like, her questions change their color as they approach each new interviewee.

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