Donna Tartt: What thought won't let you sleep?

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Donna Tartt

American novelist and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

All kinds of ridiculous things, like worrying about the lobsters I see in restaurant tanks in Chinatown.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2013 source ↗

Others on this question

Ian McEwan British novelist and screenwriter

The BBC World Service followed by the dawn chorus.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 August 2018 source ↗

Kim Gordon American musician and artist

Worrying about my daughter, worrying about money.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

Riz Ahmed British actor and rapper

The thought that I could be doing more: being more productive, doing more of the things that matter, and less of the things that don’t.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 April 2021 source ↗

Mandy Patinkin American actor and singer

Not being at peace with myself, in spite of an ongoing lifetime effort to try to calm down and accept that, no matter what, I did the best I could.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2019 source ↗

I was very disappointed when I realised I was never going to be an Olympic gymnast, but that was a long time ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 October 2013 source ↗

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