Harlan Coben
American author
I don’t even voice them. Perhaps the books are my outlet here.
What is your greatest fear?
Question
What most recently made you cry?
Identity & self
Question
Who most deserves an apology from you, and why?
Failure & regret
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
To die before I know certain things.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2022 source ↗
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Bonnie Raitt
Singer and guitarist
That injustice, ignorance, and fascism win.
Fear is for frightened people. I’m not one of those.
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I’ve said sorry to the people I have to say sorry to.
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