Sally Mann
Photographer
Reading. And, in particular, reading on the deck of the cabin while my children play in the river below.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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.
Being in love while organizing my closet.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2010 source ↗
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George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
Being aware and accepting of whatever the state of my mind happens to be at the moment (even if that state is unhappy).
These days, it’s good health and peace.
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Waking up after a sleepover at John Waters’s house and finding my sleeping bag isn’t zipped up the same way as when I passed out. Or “President Palin.”
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