Barbara Walters: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

The question

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.

Barbara Walters

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

A fireplace, a book, and a snowy day, with no possibility of getting into the office.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2004 source ↗

Others on this question

Long walks with my husband. Being with my family. Making music, and writing when songs just fall together. And maybe a cannoli. Just one.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2020 source ↗

Seeing my family thrive and being underwater.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 November 2022 source ↗

Yo-Yo Ma Cellist

Those times when I feel equilibrium, maximum consciousness, and clarity.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2016 source ↗

Lily Tomlin Comedian and actor

Filling out this Proust Questionnaire. I try to be in the moment.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 June 2022 source ↗

Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

In Paris and Italy, the summer after graduating from college.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗

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