A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 January 2019 source ↗
The question
If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?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.
Others on this question
View all 53 →I’ve constantly been changing myself my whole life. I am what you would call “a piece of work” in progress.
I would laugh more. I don’t laugh enough.
Serena Williams
United States professional tennis player, 1995–2022
I wouldn’t change anything about myself. If you asked me 20 years ago, I probably would have had a long list. But I’ve learned to appreciate and love who I am.
Melissa Etheridge
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Again, not gonna change anything about myself. I’ve really learned to appreciate everything. Okay, maybe I’d be taller. How about that?
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They can take the piss out of me and it still feels like wisdom and loyalty.
Playing around in my studio by myself, discovering the possibility of new ideas.
A world destroyed by science-denying mediocrity.
Showing off onstage, with everyone laughing and applauding.
To place faith over facts.
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