I think happiness is the absence of all things negative.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2013 source ↗
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Under sail somewhere with my children, Mavis and Duncan, and my husband, Roderick, with no agenda.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 August 2022 source ↗
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In my bed, a hot-water bottle on my tummy, the windows are open, reading a book that I’m already into, chocolate at hand, all with the knowledge that everyone I love and know is happy.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 28 April 2020 source ↗
Party, good friends, lots of dancing.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 March 2017 source ↗
Being in love while organizing my closet.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2010 source ↗
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View profile →My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.
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Inefficiency. Whiners.
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