The question
Who deserves an apology from you, and for what?Originally asked
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
There wasn’t a lot of bullying at my school, but there was a fair amount of ragging – and I knew which side I wanted to be on. I’d say sorry to anyone who felt picked on.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 October 2020 source ↗
My kids, for not being around much.
My kids. I think if you don’t want to say sorry to your kids you’ve been an appalling parent.
To strangers. Living in New York, I see individuals every day who are invisible to so many. I want to say sorry that so many of us think their pain and suffering is not our own.
My first wife, because I left her.
In my teens, an accountant. In my 20s, either a rock star or a novelist.
I’d give myself some fashion sense.
Fondly and down the centuries. I think partly what drives writers to write is the yearning for immortality.
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