The question
How would you sum yourself up in three words?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's weekly The Q&A repeatedly uses this exact standing prompt.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
Scruffy, infuriating and kind.
Confident, stressed, greedy.
Slow but trying.
Complicated, chaotic, messy.
“You don’t stand a chance of succeeding as a writer in this country. The demographics are against you.” They were wrong. The only demographic that counts is the human heart.
Evolve or perish.
Worrying at things.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
Looking after the flowerbed on my windowsill.
We don’t die. We change realms. Life is eternal. Living is not. Live while you are alive.
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