Toni Morrison
Novelist and editor; Nobel laureate in Literature, 1993
You are your best thing.
Identity & self
How would you sum yourself up in three words?
114 answers answered between 2020 and 2026 one of 25 in The Q&A
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
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David Vélez
Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank
Un constructor.
Very silly boy.
Enthusiastic, enthusiastic, enthusiastic.
Content, assured, indecisive.
Curious, suggestible, silly.
Natural, caring, thoughtful.
Loving, sincere, honest.
Neil Gaiman
Author of fiction, comics and screenplays
Imaginative, dull, amiable.
Warm, intelligent, accommodating.
Living a fairytale.
Funny, annoying and kind.
Sensitive, kind, silly.
Scruffy, infuriating and kind.
Loving, odd, playful. Jeepers, I’ve described myself like a damaged rescue puppy.
Hardworking, authentic and honest.
Loyal, funny, driven.
Loving, considerate and loyal.
Silly, loving and, as an Aries, passionate.
Prepared, focused, a bit silly.
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Ali Abbasi
builder
Positive, Confident, Easy Going
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