The question

What do you value most in your friends?

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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.

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Terry Gross Radio interviewer
Their willingness to put up with my endless explanations about why I can’t see them because I’m under deadline.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 September 2012 source ↗
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Basketball player and author
Loyalty. Not fawning, but a loyalty based on our shared love and history that fosters compassion and forgiveness.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 27 August 2020 source ↗
Rafael Nadal Spanish professional tennis player, 2001–2024
The word says it all. To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2010 source ↗

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