Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Paul Theroux said elsewhere, not written here
The Buddhist monk Tapa Snim I met in Burma in 2007, all of whose earthly possessions he carried in a small bundle slung on one shoulder.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

View all 406 →
Adeel Akhtar British actor
My mum, because she smuggled me into the National Youth Theatre during summer time when my dad didn’t want me to be an actor, and she’s seen everything I’ve done.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 May 2018 source ↗
Joan Collins English actress and writer
Bill Clinton, I think he was a great president (who cares about his indiscretions?).
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2014 source ↗

More from Paul Theroux

View profile →

More on values & belief

Also answered this

Danielle Steel, Gok Wan, Zadie Smith, Irvine Welsh, Julia Donaldson, Mark Gatiss

Search the directory for somebody in particular.

Explore further

Report this answer