Jennifer Egan: 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.

Jennifer Egan

Novelist, short story writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Hillary Clinton.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2011 source ↗

Mentioned in this answer

Hans Zimmer Film composer

Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2019 source ↗

Omid Djalili British stand-up comedian and actor

The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗

Anne Enright Novelist and short-story writer

Catherine Corless, who spent her own money to secure birth certificates for the unrecorded dead children of the Tuam mother and baby home.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 September 2024 source ↗

Steve Jones Welsh television presenter

In 2010 there are slim pickings.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 July 2010 source ↗

That Al Gore was denied the American presidency in 2000.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 November 2011 source ↗

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