A glass of wine at sunset on Fire Island. / No homework.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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.
I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 March 2010 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 161 →Spending time with my family—with no phone, no fax, and no meetings.
Rafael Nadal
Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
Playing tennis, competing, winning, but also being at home in Spain, in Majorca, with my friends and family.
Sally Field
Actor
Being inside and watching really bad weather outside … and, if it’s after 5:30 P.M., with a glass of Chardonnay in hand.
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View profile →Laziness, wasting time. I’d like to be able to make films faster.
First of all, I’d like to stop complaining—I’m beginning to annoy myself. I would like to learn to read faster, however. Again, the rest I’ve learned to live with.
Actually, I dislike dealing with schedules and logistics—mine and others’.
When my friends and I were making Mean Streets, 1973.
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