The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Figuratively doing nothing.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗
When I was little, a couple of rapes took place in Glasgow. I remember my mum saying to walk in the middle of the pavement, and to this day I am very conscious of where I am.
Years ago, before I had my current manager, I was taken advantage of by people I’d trusted with my finances. That’s made me especially sensitive to the prospect of financial ruin. I’m constantly advising young athletes to be vigilant when it comes to whom you trust with your finances.
To be abandoned.
People finding out my greatest fear.
Good TV, good delivery, perfect AC. Literally doing nothing.
My wife, Grace.
Unwillingness to change.
My intense self-loathing.
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