Favourite Visual Artist
Hayao Miyazak, Pen Ward, Arnold Lobel, Garth Williams, Harry Clarke, Beatrix Potter, Gustav Dore, Val Gallardo, Alex Schubert, Chiara Bautista
Favourite Movies
Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, Anchorman, Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars Series, Lord of the Rings, The Candidates, Spring Awakening, La Traviata, Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Mafioso, Mean Girls
Favourite TV Shows
It's Always Sunny, Bizarre Foods, Black Jesus, 30 Rock, Key & Peele, South Park, Modern Family, Boondocks, The Office, East Bound and Down
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Eric Whitacre, Alban Berg, Disclosure, James Blake, DARKSIDE, Menotti, The Beatles, Daft Punk, Nickel Creek, The Real Group, Afterlife, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Shiina Ringo, Diana Krall, Gogol Bordello, Plasticine, Jovanotti, Lady Gaga
Favourite Books
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Hunger Games, Good Omens, Game of Thrones, Miss Peregrine Series, Catch 22, Heart of Darkness, Catcher in the Rye, Sarah's Key, Ant Farm, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Immortal Series, Water for Elephants, Miss Suzy
Favourite Writers
J.K. Rowling, Sarah Teasdale, Annie Dillard, Edgar Allen Poe, Simon Rich, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Dean Koontz, Tina Fey, Charles Dickens, Jonathan Safran Foer
Tools of the Trade
multi-media
Other Interests
opera, cooking, gardening, yoga