Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗
The loss of anything, be it a loved one or a faculty—my sight, hearing, or mind.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2020 source ↗
That this is all there is, and there is no more.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2009 source ↗
A bad death . . . fast or slow.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2001 source ↗
The loss of physical, financial, and psychological independence.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2005 source ↗
That they can pick up where we left off.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2013 source ↗
Pettiness, arrogance, boorishness.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗
At sunset or under the stars on the dock of our lake house just being with my family and pals.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2013 source ↗
Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot for advocating that girls be educated.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗
My competitive side, the one that keeps score.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2013 source ↗
Ai Weiwei, Alan Arkin, Alfred Molina, Alison Steadman, Allison Janney, Ally McCoist
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