Herman Wouk: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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

Recorded Herman Wouk said elsewhere, not written here

Anywhere with her, while she lived.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

Ralph Ineson English actor and narrator

I am pretty happy right now. I have just got back from a dog walk. I have loads of nice work coming out. I am feeling pretty chipper.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 February 2018 source ↗

Robert Carlyle Scottish actor

The birth of my first child, July 4 2002.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗

Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter

Right now. I am loving my children’s ages – Wyatt is nine and Levi is six – and I wish I could freeze time.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗

I’m happy whenever I’m with my wife, Allegra.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2025 source ↗

Complacent stupidity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Monogamy, with the right lady. (Sheer luck.)

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2012 source ↗

Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

At age 97 and counting, guess.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

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