My first week in New York in 1978, when I was about to start as a writer at Time. And my first week in the south of France after retiring from my job of 25 years as editor of Vanity Fair.
When were you happiest?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
About 15 minutes ago: I'm on medication and it's starting to wear off.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 June 2009 source ↗
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