Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
Over two weeks, in a pleasant fug of palliative morphine if necessary. Just time to say a cheerful good-bye to everyone.
How would you like to die?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
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Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed final question in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire, repeated verbatim across respondent pages.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I need a long and lingering death to make sure that I have time to have a deathbed conversion.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 December 2015 source ↗
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Gloria Steinem
Writer and feminist organiser
Sometimes when I’m on a plane, as I often am, the weather is rough and we’re worried about going down. I think: If I hold the hand of the person next to me, I’ll be holding everyone’s hand. Like my dear friend, the late Wilma Mankiller, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, I want to know: I’m going to the other side of the mountain.
George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
Read incorrectly, that sounds like a threat. No thanks, Vanity Fair !
Alice Waters
Chef, restaurateur and food activist
Peacefully, knowing I’ll be composted in a mushroom suit.
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View profile →Ungratefulness.
My quick temper and the chaos that ensues in the hurricane that follows.
It’s not our God-given right to be happy. So, if a man can laugh out loud once or twice a day, that would be happiness.
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