David Chang: What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A verbatim standing question in The Guardian's rotating Q&A questionnaire, documented across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded David Chang said elsewhere, not written here

Unwillingness to change.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Others on this question

When they ruin my story because they think theirs is better, so butt in before I’ve finished mine.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 August 2026 source ↗

Adrian Dunbar Irish actor

Needless aggression and bullying.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗

Jealousy. It’s the thief of joy.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 January 2026 source ↗

Ed Harris American actor and director

Greed and stupidity.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗

My intense self-loathing.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Figuratively doing nothing.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

My wife, Grace.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2019 source ↗

Good TV, good delivery, perfect AC. Literally doing nothing.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 September 2019 source ↗

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