People laughing at me, which is terrible for someone who makes a living out of making people laugh.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2022 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Rose Tremain
English writer
We live in a fearful age: Brexit, Covid, global warming, cancel culture, war in Ukraine. Add in pancreatic cancer and you find me in an advanced and complex state of anxiety.
I become very anxious if I think I’ve hurt someone.
To experience the utter powerlessness of locked-in syndrome.
It’s a toss-up between a tarantula crawling on me and dying alone.
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View profile →Lack of self-doubt.
I have become progressively happier as I’ve got older. It’s to do with not striving as much.
I’d like a manoeuvre called after me, in the way Heimlich has.
Sharper knives.
My dog wanting to go out for a wee.
The day I had to stop playing football five years ago. I realised I couldn’t hack it any more.
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