The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
My lack of foreign language skills.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
Punctuality (outside of work, of course).
Being too thin-skinned.
Always trying to turn things into a joke.
My quick temper and the chaos that ensues in the hurricane that follows.
Wondering why I can’t sleep.
Martin Sheen, simply the kindest and most fun-loving person and serious activist I’ve ever known. If Jesus was alive today he’d point to Martin Sheen and say, “That’s what I was talking about.”
Showing up is at least 90% of it.
Both parents, I’ll write the book someday.
People finding out my greatest fear.
Hasn’t happened yet, it’s coming.
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