This much I know: The Observer Magazine

"There’s no point wearing a cowboy costume if it’s just you."

The author, 56, talks about writers’ humility, bygone bestsellers, memory loss, heroes and being exactly famous enough.

"I have a socialist approach to my regrets."

The writer, 54, shares his thoughts on grey hair, hard-working marriages, missed funerals and his fantasies about the demise of Donald Trump.

"I got picked on for the way I looked at school."

The model, 27, on self-consciousness, meeting Beyoncé and her pathological hatred of mustard.

"I find myself constantly torn between honesty and compassion."

The singer, 42, on meeting David Bowie, the importance of honesty and regretting her regrets

‘If someone says “did you enjoy that?” I know I’ve died on my arse’

The comedian, 40, talks about being a maths teacher, a near-death experience and trying to be funny when he met Jack Dee