The question
What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The fact that I might wake up early.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2024 source ↗
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
If you have a nice drink before going to bed, you don’t stay awake at night. I like almost anything in a bottle.
My metabolism. Ever since I was a little kid, I was always up halfway through the night.
My children, because they come with me wherever I go.
A headmaster said I was a complete washout and I would never be any good for anything.
To all my ex-girlfriends because I never turned into the person I thought I was. And to Naomi Campbell, for not being ready to deal with my addictions.
Kind, insubstantial and dedicated.
Gabor Maté. He is very eloquent and articulate about the role of trauma in our lives.
That I never became a virtuoso musician.
A comedian, and I may have achieved that.
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