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Fondly and down the centuries. I think partly what drives writers to write is the yearning for immortality.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 October 2020 source ↗
The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
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Gino D'Acampo
Italian-British celebrity chef and media personality
As a nice and fair guy who helped bring authentic Italian cooking to the UK.
Simon Boas
Aid worker; executive director of Jersey Overseas Aid
All our lives are little books - but they're not someone else's complete book. You're a chapter or a page or a footnote in someone else's life and they are going to keep writing beautiful chapters when you are gone. And those green shoots can grow around grief and put it in perspective. I hope people will think, "I'm glad I read that - Simon's story". And just because it's over, doesn't mean it's gone.
Human, evolving and faithful.
Michael Flatley
American step dancer
I think any of us will be lucky to be remembered at all.
More from Ian Rankin
View profile →In my teens, an accountant. In my 20s, either a rock star or a novelist.
There wasn’t a lot of bullying at my school, but there was a fair amount of ragging – and I knew which side I wanted to be on. I’d say sorry to anyone who felt picked on.
I’d give myself some fashion sense.
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