Louis Walsh
Irish music manager and television personality
I’m always happy. Ask Simon Cowell: he says if I had a tail, I’d wag it.
When were you happiest?
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What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
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What is your worst intellectual habit?
Craft & work
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How much rewriting or revision do you do?
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Which writers or artists most influenced your work?
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
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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.
I took Nicole out to dinner for the first time on 19 October, 1991. After that, everything changed.
Rob McGibbon, The Definite Article, Rob McGibbon, 27 August 2011 source ↗
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Danielle Steel
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The first 10 years of my marriage, when my children were small.
Lesley Sharp
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When I am up in the air and about to hit the water, literally and metaphorically.
When I hired two private detectives and got them to follow each other.
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There is an awful lot of pious theatre at the moment, where you go to have what you already believed reinforced.
if you have never suffered from self-loathing, lucky you.
When I’m ready I’ll transfer what I have to the computer and rewrite.
My university tutor Raymond Williams.
Because I loved it when I was young.
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