Very silly boy.
How would you describe yourself in three words?
Question
Which book are you ashamed not to have read?
Taste & recommendation
Question
If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
Question
What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Question
What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Question
What keeps you awake at night?
Daily life
Question
What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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.
Hopeful, egalitarian, overweight.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 July 2025 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 111 →Eager to learn.
Can I have more than three? Creative, kind, a grafter, engaging, loyal, fun and generous.
Hungry, hard-working, cats.
More from Ciarán Hinds
View profile →Ulysses by James Joyce, but I might make a start next week – or the week after that …
My penchant for having just one too many.
I’m not fond of snakes.
As not being a total bollix.
An inability to get myself to bed at a reasonable hour.
We’re not here for long so don’t be wreaking havoc along the way.
More on identity & self
Also answered this
Philippa Dunne, Guz Khan, Sam Ryder, Michelle Collins, Dawn O’Porter, Marcus Brigstocke
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All identity & self questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject