The question
What is your idea of perfect happiness?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.
A good nap and a full house.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 November 2014 source ↗
Spending time with my family—with no phone, no fax, and no meetings.
Drinks on the deck at sunset.
Reading quietly, in high grass, among loved ones (who are also quietly reading). Followed by a boozy lunch.
Cooking dinner and hanging out with my kids.
Stealing from the elderly and then acting real cocky about it.
Beyoncé/Beyoncé’s hair person.
People who can’t read my mind.
That I take this questionnaire too seriously and reveal my crimes and misdemeanors, or I treat this questionnaire too flippantly and bring shame to the House of Proust.
A love of laughter and a shared belief that life is a dream.
Luise Rainer, Bill Maher, Julie Taymor, Derek Jeter, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Fry
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