John Grisham
American writer and lawyer
Being able to write books that entertain people around the world.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Question
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
Question
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Question
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Coming back to work after being ill. A year ago I couldn't see that happening. I am still pinching myself.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2014 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 193 →In the Pet Shop Boys song Being Boring they’ve a great line that says “I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be”. And I feel I am, so that’s great.
Gareth Bale
Welsh footballer
Nothing is the same as the sense of pride and achievement I feel when I see my kids growing up and enjoying the simple pleasures in life.
Clive Myrie
British journalist, newsreader, and presenter
Surviving this world.
More from Sofie Gråbøl
View profile →A song by Ellie Goulding – I am not telling you which one.
Jens Stoltenberg, for the way he united Norway after the massacre on Utøya in 2011.
Most recently, going to a 1D concert at Wembley with my nine-year-old daughter. Seeing her dream becoming real. The highlight was meeting a nice man in the elevator when it was over, who gave her Harry's autograph. Turned out to be his dad. To my daughter that was like meeting the archangel Gabriel.
I'd have a good, encouraging start in school – I think I'd be a different person, with fewer anxiety attacks.
More on craft & work
- What is the worst job you have done? 232 answers
- How does a new work begin for you? 70 answers
- How do you know when a piece of work is finished? 69 answers
- What do you do when you feel creatively blocked or stuck? 69 answers
- How much rewriting or revision do you do? 51 answers
- What is the part of your job that people would be surprised is most of your job? 47 answers
Also answered this
Gemma Whelan, John Waters, Katherine Parkinson, Ashley Jensen, Roger Allam, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All craft & work questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject