Chris Ware: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Recorded Chris Ware said elsewhere, not written here

For intellect: Art Spiegelman. For art: Robert Crumb. For poetry and vision: Gary Panter. For decency: Barack Obama. For genuine goodness: Charles Burns. For genius: Charlie Kaufman. For soulfulness and love: Lynda Barry. For words: Zadie Smith. For unique life's work and superhuman effort expended: Ira Glass, Dave Eggers.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2012 source ↗

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Martha Stewart

I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Burt Reynolds American actor

My son Quinton. He’s working behind the scenes in the picture biz and he’s done it all on his own.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2015 source ↗

Maggie O'Farrell Irish-British novelist

Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed George Floyd’s murder. It took astonishing courage to stand on the pavement in front of those policemen, and we all owe her so much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2023 source ↗

David Chang