The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Worrying at things.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 July 2026 source ↗
I am a bit of a procrastinator.
My lack of foreign language skills.
I don’t deplore anything about myself, but I am a perfectionist.
Self-centredness.
“You don’t stand a chance of succeeding as a writer in this country. The demographics are against you.” They were wrong. The only demographic that counts is the human heart.
The wisdom to become who they are in the truth of their spirit.
Alchemy. Love. Resilience.
We don’t die. We change realms. Life is eternal. Living is not. Live while you are alive.
Composer, pirate, scientist, philosopher.
On a train journey to Arcadia many years ago while making a TV documentary.
Michelle Collins, Dawn O’Porter, Frank Bowling, Cyndi Lauper, Chaka Khan, Guz Khan
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