A plane that I’m on plunging into the sea. Aside from that, pigeons.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 August 2023 source ↗
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What is your greatest fear?
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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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In their forties 13
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Seventy and beyond 14
Heights, and not getting along with people.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
When I see older generations struggling with technology, I am afraid of it moving so quickly that I can’t use it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗
Dying: I’m too iconic to go.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2024 source ↗
Perfectionism that leads to procrastination.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗
Regrets. That’s no way to live.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 March 2025 source ↗
Not trying something I really want to do.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗
Having no way of earning money.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗
Crashing in an aeroplane into an ocean at night.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 April 2026 source ↗
Endless vomiting. That comes from my emetophobia, which is a huge part of my OCD.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 May 2026 source ↗
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