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, March 2017 source ↗
Not working and not being able to continue to live this lifestyle.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗
Being found out.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2015 source ↗
Not being able to work.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 February 2026 source ↗
My greatest fear is going out onstage and having the audience just stare at me.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2017 source ↗
Selfishness. People who block junctions in their car.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗
Party, good friends, lots of dancing.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 16 March 2017 source ↗
Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗
Sohana Collins. A little girl I know who’s extremely brave.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗
Ai Weiwei, Alan Arkin, Alfred Molina, Alison Steadman, Allison Janney, Ally McCoist
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