My kids are in the house. I’ve been gardening in my vegetable garden. I have absolutely zero obligations or calls to return. Now I’m fixing dinner with music playing and having a glass of wine.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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What is your greatest fear?
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When were you happiest?
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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
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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.
Every single person and living creature on the planet is safe and well nourished.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 April 2026 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 158 →At sunset or under the stars on the dock of our lake house just being with my family and pals.
Judy Blume
Novelist
A balmy, moonlit evening in Key West. George and I are enjoying a pasta dinner on the balcony overlooking the ocean. Ella Fitzgerald is singing in the background.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Basketball player and author
Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.
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View profile →Any misfortune involving our kids. Also, I have recurring nightmares that involve being chased by people or being attacked by scary animals.
The first time Emilie and I kissed.
My wife, all those who contribute something of beauty, and scientists.
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