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.
I would like to be more accepting of the faults of others.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 22 January 2013 source ↗
Indecisiveness. It can be really annoying, especially when I am out to dinner and can’t decide between the chicken or the fish.
I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?
If I could change one thing about myself, it would be to change the idea that I should change something about myself.
I’m not going to change anything about myself. I am happy and blessed with what God gave me, and I really have nothing to complain about.
A willingness to go with my gut feeling, rather than wait a day and contemplate other options.
Of choking on some food and having no one nearby to do the Heimlich maneuver.
Sitting in a living room with my sister, Pat Thaler, and her seven grandchildren and just talking with them. They range in age from 9 to 21 years old.
Malala Yousafzai, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Monica Lewinsky, Rachel Maddow, Gloria Steinem
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