Reading, writing, watching either really good or really bad TV, cooking, wine, travel, golf, running, celebrity gossip (can't help myself), and, this one's a biggie, my french bulldog Duffer.
Anyone who reads my books or who is interested in reading and/or writing thrillers and mystery novels. Any other french bullog or other pet devotees.
Depends on my mood. Prince, Clash, Stones, U2, Jay-Z, Killers, Blondie, B-52s, all of my old 80's europop, Bowie, Weezer, Janis Joplin, Aretha, Andy Gibb. Like I said, my taste (or lack thereof depending on your view) varies.
Election, Godfather I & II, Groundhog Day, Sideways, Silence of the Lambs, Working Girl, Shawshank Redemption, Say Anything, Saturday Night Fever, Princess Bride, Rear Window, Edward Scissorhands, American Beauty. Anything with Maggie Gyllenhaal, who in my greatest fantasies adapts the Samantha Kincaid series.
30 Rock, Dexter, Weeds, The Office, Veronica Mars, Gilmore Girls (though they may have jumped the shark with little Gigi), Buffy, Seinfeld, Project Runway, The Dog Whisperer, The Shield, Sopranos, Extras, Arrested Development. (Yes, I know half those shows are off the air. Doesn't matter.) I still love Law & Order but think someone needs to tell that new detective not to walk like the terminator ("Your clothes. Give them to me now.").
I get in trouble if I don't name every one of my friends, but I am fond of other writers with the last name Burke.
People I meet everyday who find small ways to make the world a better place (Say it all together now..."Awwww.")