I don’t say that I’m perfect but there’s nothing that I deplore.
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Not always standing up for myself enough.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2012 source ↗
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View all 243 →My intense self-loathing.
Increasing forgetfulness.
My inferiority complex.
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View profile →I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
Loyalty, kindness, honesty, trustworthiness, reliability.
Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
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