Under sail somewhere with my children, Mavis and Duncan, and my husband, Roderick, with no agenda.
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Originally asked
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.
Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗
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Health, life, everything around me on a daily basis, being grateful for life—every day is a blessing.
The entire family being healthy, being on the set of Barry, and a rainbow trout on my line.
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View profile →A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
To place faith over facts.
A world destroyed by science-denying mediocrity.
Showing off onstage, with everyone laughing and applauding.
Sir David Attenborough, John Prendergast.
They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.
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