The question
What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
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The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2025 source ↗
My son. He is a teenager.
Things I said in interviews.
Material. I wake up in the middle of the night and write jokes.
The baby monitor. Followed by my own fake snores.
Becoming doubly incontinent.
Nothing at all.
Glenda Jackson said I was an amateur during rehearsal for The White Devil at the Old Vic. I called her a cow, but that was inadequate.
When the media, en masse, reported my imminent demise.
On tour during Christmas vacation at Cambridge with its European Theatre Group, playing Shakespeare. I knew it was the best time of my life.
To my mother for disappointing her. Mummy wanted me to be a different sort of person from who I am, but one can’t change oneself.
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