The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Worrying at things.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
Vic, my wife, has over the years reduced my impatience, but anybody who has been in a traffic jam with me will know that she hasn’t completed the task yet.
I’m quite stubborn.
Laziness and procrastination.
I talk over people all the time.
“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.
On a train journey to Arcadia many years ago while making a TV documentary.
A Dalí painting.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
Erin O'Connor, Alex Lawther, Tim Peake, Rose Tremain, Meghan Trainor, Chris Rock
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