Jennifer Egan
Novelist, short story writer
Hillary Clinton.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
Identity & self
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
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Which moment embarrassed you most?
Failure & regret
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
It will be the one or two or three senior Republican leaders who take a public and forceful stand against the ugly lunacy of the Trump administration.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 June 2025 source ↗
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Samuel West
British actor, theatre director, and narrator
Greta Thunberg. For setting an example and fighting hatred with humour.
Patti Smith
Musician, poet and photographer
The artist Gerhard Richter.
Joan Jett
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
My buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
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Content. Cheerful. Appreciative.
With dozens upon dozens of beautiful women weeping over my casket.
That time I congratulated a waitress on being pregnant.
My first week in New York in 1978, when I was about to start as a writer at Time. And my first week in the south of France after retiring from my job of 25 years as editor of Vanity Fair.
“Didn’t you used to be Graydon Carter?”
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