If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

Verbatim recurring item in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire; two publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Patti Smith said elsewhere, not written here
I would love to have a better sense of physical balance.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2024 source ↗

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Danielle Steel Novelist
I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2012 source ↗
Laverne Cox
Thinking that I am not enough or not beautiful the way I am. That thinking is super-dangerous.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2018 source ↗

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Question What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore? Time & hindsight
Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises. Don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned about doing good work and protect your work. […] Protect your work and if you build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency.
Recorded Christian Lund, Louisiana Literature festival, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 24 August 2012, Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 24 August 2012 source ↗

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