The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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I am often happiest on a shoot with David LaChapelle, being pushed to the extremes – either suspended from a harness or immersed in a tank of water. He calls it “extreme modelling”.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2024 source ↗
Winning the world championships.
Escaping an abusive teen marriage and being blessed with the opportunity to create a new life for myself and my two young children in London at the height of the swinging 60s.
Seeing Maisie's face for the first time.
January 15, 1991. Walking up Congress Avenue in Austin, with thousands of others, to see Mom sworn in as governor of Texas.
My trust in other people. I am rigorously honest.
My children obviously, but also my work.
Discipline. Also to have a goal, however small and whatever it may be.
I wanted to be in the army or a spy in the intelligence service.
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
Gossip and backstabbing.
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