The question
As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
This is a standing question in The Guardian's decades-long The Q&A and also recurs independently in career and life interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
A comedian, and I may have achieved that.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗
I told my mum I wanted to be a swan.
I remember really wanting to go into space. I liked the idea of flying.
I just wanted to fulfil my potential.
A writer. Always.
A headmaster said I was a complete washout and I would never be any good for anything.
As someone who added to a situation rather than took away from it.
The fact that I might wake up early.
Kind, insubstantial and dedicated.
Gabor Maté. He is very eloquent and articulate about the role of trauma in our lives.
To all my ex-girlfriends because I never turned into the person I thought I was. And to Naomi Campbell, for not being ready to deal with my addictions.
Hayley Squires, Louis Walsh, Mariella Frostrup, Victoria Pendleton, Matt Goss, Toyah Willcox
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