Vox, put to writers and thinkers
5 questions, 92 answers to them so far. Every one of them is asked here as itself, with the format it came from on the page. Nobody answers as anybody else.
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
Many of us had moments when we doubted that apartheid would be defeated, certainly not in our lifetime. But, I never had that sense.
Recorded · Academy of Achievement
Neurosurgeon and writer
For the last few weeks, I've been completely happy. I've got my next PSA in three weeks' time. It may well show my PSA is starting to go up, and the cancer's coming back.
Recorded · NPR · 2023
Art critic
It's not possible to get any distance from my project: being alive. Objectively, from the outside you might say, my life is terrible, unbelievable. And it's true, I hate this.
Recorded · The Observer · 2010
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