Lionel Shriver
American author
My own bad prose.
What keeps you awake at night?
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
Failure & regret
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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Death & what remains
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What single thing would improve the quality of your life?
Daily life
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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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.
My dog wanting to go out for a wee.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 June 2022 source ↗
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When there is someone attractive in my bed.
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Lack of self-doubt.
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