Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
It makes you feel like you want to live.What is the worst job you’ve ever done? Doing the audiobook of the first book. It was hard. I couldn’t do that again.
I am not sure I’ve really been in love.
I’ve learned that true love shouldn’t be complicated. It’s the safety and freedom to be seen and celebrated for who you truly are.
Like nothing’s a problem.
Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
A bushel of self-confidence.
Losing the people that I love.
Telling a story to my son about my brother.
Because it’s in one of my songs, War and Peace.
When I worked at a dog food company shovelling the exterminated rats.
Jenny Agutter, Robbie Williams, Bertie Carvel, Shirley Manson, Griff Rhys Jones, Richard Eyre
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