The question
How would you describe yourself in three words?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.
Investigative reporter and author; associate editor of The Washington Post
I don't know how to do it, but know that I love it.
N/A, N/A, Bob Woodward's Official Website, 1 June 2024 source ↗
My oldest friend, in three words, would say "My friend Derek." How's that for a cop-out answer?
Large life.
Kind, loyal and (slightly) mad.
Juicy, funny, impulsive.
I don’t know whether I feel pride. I think pride is hubris. I think it is an emotion that if you bask in it, it’s like hate; it will destroy you. So I don’t make those kinds of assessments. I like what I do. I am repeatedly struck by how I have missed part of the story, always.
I think I dropped the ball here. I should have pushed much, much harder on the skepticism about the reality of WMD; in other words, [I should have] said, 'Hey, look, the evidence is not as strong as they were claiming.'
I studied history and English at Yale, which I attended on an NROTC (Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps) scholarship. After college I served in the Navy five years.
I think I dropped the ball here. I should have pushed much, much harder on the skepticism about the reality of WMD; in other words, [I should have] said, 'Hey, look, the evidence is not as strong as they were claiming.'
I don't know how to do it, but know that I love it.
I don't know how to do it, but know that I love it.
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