In my sleep. And I don’t think about it. It’ll be what it’ll be.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 19 February 2013 source ↗
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What kind of death would you consider a good one?Originally asked
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A fixed final question in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire, repeated verbatim across respondent pages.
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Danielle Steel
Novelist
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
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I’d like to die anytime after the age of 90—in my sleep!
George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
Read incorrectly, that sounds like a threat. No thanks, Vanity Fair !
Ina Garten
Cookery writer and shop owner
I don’t care as long as Jeffrey and I go together and we end up in a big suite with a view of the ocean.
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