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.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗
For intellect: Art Spiegelman. For art: Robert Crumb. For poetry and vision: Gary Panter. For decency: Barack Obama. For genuine goodness: Charles Burns. For genius: Charlie Kaufman. For soulfulness and love: Lynda Barry. For words: Zadie Smith. For unique life's work and superhuman effort expended: Ira Glass, Dave Eggers.
Pedro Almodóvar, for being loyal to his personality as an artist against all the odds.
President Obama: he was the first to accomplish something so great in our country as an African American.
Hillary Clinton, because it’s not easy being bullied and humiliated publicly and carrying on.
The birth of my first child, July 4 2002.
Like safety, that you've got everything covered; no stress, no fear.
To stand up tall and aim for what you want.
My wedding. It was at Skibo Castle long before Madonna or any of those people went there.
I was on a plane in India and I thought it was going to crash. It was an old, rickety thing. It was pre-children - I wouldn't do it now.
Becoming an actor at all, considering my background.
Jessica Hynes, Jennifer Hudson, Reggie Yates, Kelsey Grammer, Ben Kingsley, Sam Neill
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