There's a certain interest in seeing the themes that recur, and also the types of answers that people give, either to particular questions or to the question set as a whole. But the ones that most interest me tend to be the responses of people who I 'know', and which tend more towards the musicians than the socialite types (also well represented: general movie and entertainment business folk); Bowie's is delightful (available in full on brainpickings - which is what led me to the book), and likewise Tom Waits' (which is less hard-boiled than one might imagine, although still somewhat so). Surprisingly, Arnold Schwarzenegger's is one of the wittiest, for all that it leans heavily on self-deprecation and therefore has plenty of material to work with. Also featured, Donald Trump (2004) - not particularly egregious though he doesn't come across wonderfully either, unsurprisingly.
Most quintessential answer must be Johnny Cash's: If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? Dust on the wind.
But Bowie's is the last word: What is your motto? "What" is my motto.
Most quintessential answer must be Johnny Cash's: If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? Dust on the wind.
But Bowie's is the last word: What is your motto? "What" is my motto.
