I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
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I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2025 source ↗
I’m actually looking forward to getting older.
Not being flexible enough to dance freely.
Nothing. I’m curious how things will evolve.
The inability to do things for myself.
A great education.
That there is time. I doggedly prioritise and pursue tasks, and the day seems to open out and everything does get done. Chill.
They tend to say it behind my back.
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
Anything by Dostoevsky. I tried!
Jon Snow, Mark Radcliffe, Imogen Poots, Shobna Gulati, Rosalind Eleazar, Alex Lawther
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