Listed below are some of our favorite quotes from Elaine Coffman:
Writing is like...."Doing a striptease on amateur night. You walk to the end of the runway. You take your clothes off. You stand there, waiting to see if people will applaud or throw things."
Elaine Coffman won't do again..."Set the church lawn on fire with firecrackers."
Acting..."My first starring role was in first grade, as the troll in The Three Billy Goats Gruff. I'm told I was fabulous and had great hair!"
Always been a writer?"My first attempt was a poem about Daniel Boone in the 5th grade. It was printed in a booklet published by the public school system. It started out "Daniel Boone from Kentucky came, full of adventure which brought him fame. He loved to hunt and fish in the streams, but to find new places was always his dream." Unfortunately, I don't remember the rest of it."
Favorite Pastime"Travel, anything to do with Italy, especially going there, Mahjong, Coffee bar with friends, historical research, foreign music and movies, reading, LOVE to dance, being around water, trying things I've never done before.."
Is there anything you can't do?"I can't sing...not even in the bathtub."
Anything unusual happen to you?"I had an armadillo run up my skirt"
Favorite City?"That would have to be Rome. I love Rome, so rich with history."
Anything you have too much of?"Shoes."
Something you thought you'd never do?"Ride a saddled Brahma bull in a parade- Oh, the things we do for our publishers."
Supressed desires?"See more of the world; Go to fly fishing school in Alaska; Own a place in Italy and become fluent in Italian."