Honesty, trustworthiness, and a deep understanding of emotions.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 April 2025 source ↗
The question
Which quality in your friends matters most to you?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Honesty, trustworthiness, and a deep understanding of emotions.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 April 2025 source ↗
That they be intelligent and engaged.
Availability. Just kidding. Character.
Discretion and good cheer.
Laughter first and foremost, acceptance, and love.
I most admire Steve Sondheim, who is not alive anymore. But his words and music keep him alive.
A peaceful, joyous time in the world…or in my head.
People’s need to feel superior to others. All it does is cause judgment and hate.
I have a lot to be grateful for, but right now, being married. Having time to be with my husband and his children. I feel very grateful.
Eugene Levy, Megan Rapinoe, Judy Blume, Henry Winkler, John Malkovich, Elaine May
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