Rose Tremain
English writer
The only drink I really, really like is champagne.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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What happens when we die?
Death & what remains
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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If you could edit your past, what would you change?
Failure & regret
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What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
Time & hindsight
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What does love feel like?
Relationships
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I try too hard not to get things wrong.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 January 2024 source ↗
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I talk too much.
Whenever I walk past an ice-cream shop, I just can’t not buy an ice-cream.
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Not marrying the person I wanted to marry, but now I think it’s probably good that I didn’t.
My friend Fritha Goodey wouldn’t have committed suicide.
To believe my eyes and not my ears.
Another actress once said to me, “I’ve told you huge lies to make you feel good about yourself.” I’m not going to say who.
Knowledge seeping into adventure, with a thin layer of giddiness, hysterical laughter and loss of control.
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