Abi Morgan: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Abi Morgan

Welsh playwright and screenwriter

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Malala Yousafzai, Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep – all suffragettes, in their own way.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

Mentioned in this answer

Michael Frayn – such modesty, talent, kindness and bottomless curiosity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2012 source ↗

Richard Bacon English television and radio presenter

Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

Ed Harris American actor and director

My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗

Bryan Stevenson.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Eating Marmite on toast just after the birth of my daughter in 2004.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

Yesterday. Everything seemed impossible.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

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