Favorite writers: Sir Peter Ustinov, Robert Shaw, Tom Wolfe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez Favorite books: MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH, THE OLD MAN AND MR. SMITH, CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD, BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, THE GODFATHER, THE EXORCIST, JAWS. Favorite movies: JAWS, THE GODFATHER (I,II), THE EXORCIST, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, BILLY BUDD, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, KING OF COMEDY. Favorite musicians: Bob Dylan, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass.  

Author (& illustrator) of THE TRIAL OF DAVY CROCKETT, LAST TANGO WITH MARLON, produced playwright (and director) of stage plays LAST TANGO WITH MARLON & SOUL CANCER (performed live in excerpt at NYC's Madison Square Garden), festival veteran (including Cannes, MIFED for THE CHRISTOPHER WALKEN ECSTATIC DANCE ACADEMY)