Jonathan Safran Foer: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

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.

Jonathan Safran Foer

American novelist

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

It's not a competition.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

Nelson Mandela.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 2008 source ↗

Joseph Fiennes English actor

Aung San Suu Kyi: an extraordinary humanitarian fighting for democracy in a Burmese dictatorship.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 October 2008 source ↗

Father John Misty American musician

Grace Zabriskie – her style; her woodworking.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2022 source ↗

Laura Kenny English cyclist

Stephen Hawking: what he does is incredible. My nan died of motor neurone disease, which he has.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗

Growing older so quickly.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2012 source ↗

Leaving the hospital.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 June 2012 source ↗

Search the directory for somebody in particular.