The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
Artists who do their own thing, without compromise: Ken Loach, Bob Dylan and James Kelman.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 December 2016 source ↗
Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who deserve the credit these days.
My wife Janet: she is the most scrupulously honest human being I have ever encountered.
My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.
People who have done really well in their sports: in tennis, Steffi Graf; in ice hockey, Wayne Gretzky.
When a pal grabbed hold of me as I fell into an unbanistered stairwell at a rave. Would have been curtains, but for his sharp reaction.
I haven’t achieved anything of note yet.
Laying down slabs for the council.
There’s been the odd beauty on the dance floor I really ought to have gone home with.
Happiness is mostly intrinsic: you’re either a happy soul or a miserable bastard. Fortunately, I’m the former.
When you can barely stand to look at someone without turning away to catch your breath.
Danielle Steel, Zadie Smith, Gok Wan, Julia Donaldson, Mark Gatiss, Rose Tremain
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