JF
Whenever it was, I didn't realise it fully.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2011 source ↗
The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Others on this question
View all 577 →
Jonnie Peacock
British athlete
Probably when I finish a race.
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Before I was born.
Our wedding weekend in Ireland.
More from Joshua Ferris
View profile →Thomas Pynchon, for his sentences.
My failure to come to grips with all these disappointments.
More on time & hindsight
- What lesson has mattered most in your life? 138 answers
- What counsel would you give your twenty-year-old self — and what should they ignore? 78 answers
- What worries you about getting older? 61 answers
- What counsel has proved most valuable to you? 28 answers
- If you could put a message on a giant billboard, what would it say and why? 25 answers
- What line from a parent, teacher, or mentor do you still repeat to yourself? 23 answers
Also answered this
Shirley MacLaine, Sandi Toksvig, Gok Wan, Judith Kerr, George Saunders, Margaret Atwood
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All time & hindsight questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject