I’ve made my career out of asking questions. After almost half a century in journalism, questioning people has become such an ingrained habit that my wife tells me I’m a collector of lives (which sounds like I'm a serial killer...which I'm not, for clarification). In contrast, you’d be surprised how many people don’t ask questions of other people, whether it’s because of shyness, lack of interest, or that their focus is inwards and they only like to talk about themselves. Yet

One of the most powerful newspaper editors in Europe who is also an author of several books, a leading feature writer whose interviewees...