John Grisham
American writer and lawyer
I don’t care – I won’t be here.
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How close have you come to death?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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How would you describe yourself in three words?
Identity & self
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What does love feel like?
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Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
By people smiling or shaking their heads. I’ll even take rolling their eyes.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2025 source ↗
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Simon Boas
Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
All our lives are little books - but they're not someone else's complete book. You're a chapter or a page or a footnote in someone else's life and they are going to keep writing beautiful chapters when you are gone. And those green shoots can grow around grief and put it in perspective. I hope people will think, "I'm glad I read that - Simon's story". And just because it's over, doesn't mean it's gone.
As Tilda Swinton in a fat suit.
Jane Birkin
Singer, songwriter, actor
Not at all! I don’t think that you can really choose what people will like, or say, or even remember about you. I mean, my God, probably the Birkin bag will be known. … If I look myself to find out the date of something — and the first thing that pops up is that bloody bag! I think it’ll be “Je T’aime Moi Non Plus,” when I go feet first, that’ll be the tune they’ll play on the television, and then talk about the bag
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Always trying to turn things into a joke.
Quiet, sharp, clumsy.
A Pot Noodle on a cold day.
To people who I’ve made a really quick joke about on stage and hurt.
When I hired two private detectives and got them to follow each other.
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