I try too hard not to get things wrong.
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I’m terribly impatient.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2025 source ↗
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View all 243 →I cut people off a lot when I talk. It’s a terrible habit.
My Sicilian impulsiveness.
I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
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Losing my mind.
Right now: Summer. Dusk. On my couch watching Australian Open tennis with my kids and dog. Doors wide open to a beautiful body of water. The first star of the night just appeared in the sky. Life is magical.
Anyone brave enough to truly be themselves.
Floating on my back in the ocean.
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