Lionel Shriver
American author
My own bad prose.
What keeps you awake at night?
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
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Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought?
Money & investment
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What song would you like played at your funeral?
Death & what remains
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Craft & work
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I feel that I am unprepared. Before a show I always have nightmares that I go out on stage naked.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 June 2019 source ↗
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The thought that I could be doing more: being more productive, doing more of the things that matter, and less of the things that don’t.
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Snoring – and it's not me.
Maya Jama
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My phone and social media.
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Art. We have some Picassos and Diego Riveras.
Not yet being able to sing in a free Cuba.
A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
A psychologist and then a diplomat.
Being able to communicate with people all over the world through my music.
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