Neil Strauss is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Game and Rules of the Game. He is also the co-author of three New York Times bestsellers—Jenna Jameson’s How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Mötley Crüe’s The Dirt, and Marilyn Manson’s The Long Hard Road Out of Hell—as well as Dave Navarro’s Don’t Try This at Home, a Los Angeles Times bestseller. A writer for Rolling Stone, Strauss lives in Los Angeles.
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An interview with Neil Strauss:
Q: What did you want to be when you grew up?
A: Older, wiser, better-looking.
Q: Bully or victim in the schoolyard?
A: A victim, to which I owe my entire writing career—as well as the free time with which to do it.
Q: First relationship?
A: My mother.
Q: Your favourite possession?
A: Courtney Love’s crack pipe.
Q: Favourite city and why?
A: Manhattan, because of the corn at Café Habana.
Q: How did you earn your first dollar?
A: Stole it from my brother.
Q: Your favourite motto?
A: “My credo is: be open to whatever comes next.” —John Cage
Q: What are you reading at the moment?
A: This question.
Q: Who are your favourite authors?
A: Ralph Tresvant, Michael Bivins, Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, and Ronnie DeVoe
Q: What was the impetus to start writing Emergency?
A: George Bush being elected to a second term in office.
Q: What was your scariest moment in writing Emergency?
A: George Bush being elected to a second term in office.
Q: Apart from the apocalypse and not getting laid, what do you fear most?
A: Jeb Bush being elected to a first term in office.
Q: You have conquered women, terrorists, porn stars and aging rock bands, what’s next?
A: Children.
Q: What’s your porn star name? (first name is your first pet’s name, surname is the first street you lived on)
A: Rockslide Clark
Q: Any regrets?
A: Not being able to take the following question more seriously.
Q: Your most embarrassing moment?
A: Chronically misspelling the word embarassing.
Q: If you could be anyone for a day, who would you be? A: You. Or Rod Hull.
Website: www.neilstrauss.com
Books by Neil Strauss
