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.
Matthew Reisz, Books interview, The Guardian, 7 August 2022 source ↗
On a personal level, the friend who is a single mum raising two kids by herself during this Covid era. She is a real hero. If a historical personality, I choose Mikhail Gorbachev, who probably saved the world from world war three.
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.
My wife, Melanie. She's had real trauma and loss in her life, yet she starts every day with joy, and sees the world as a good place
My manager and friend Colin Lester, who has protected me through the good times and the bad.
My university tutor Raymond Williams.
Ask your parents questions straight away, or you’ll never know.
I get to airports ridiculously early. It’s an uncontrollable urge.
I threw my lot in with the theatre and in terms of the pleasure it's given me, I've never regretted it, not even for a second.
In life you can do whatever you want as long as you don’t complain when you pick up the bill.
The End Of The Affair by Graham Greene.
Jessica Hynes, Greg James, Jonathan Safran Foer, Elmore Leonard, Rose Tremain, Mark Gatiss
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