Little Richard: If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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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.

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To be taller. I’ve been looking up at certain people all my life. If I was taller, I could look down and see them a lot better.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

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Yo-Yo Ma Cellist

My inability to keep track of personal possessions.

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

Jane Fonda

My inability to have a long-term intimate relationship.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 October 2009 source ↗

Rachel Maddow

I would be a better correspondent. I’m hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 15 March 2012 source ↗

Elmore Leonard Novelist and screenwriter

Convince myself that walking two miles a day isn’t boring.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 November 2012 source ↗

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Question Which quality in your friends matters most to you? Relationships

Unselfishness. I like to surround myself with people who are kind and have feelings for others and their problems.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I don’t want to be lost and burn in hell.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

In Macon, Georgia, during my childhood. I knew everybody there—it was like the whole town was your family. I felt complete there.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Selfishness—people who don’t care about others or their feelings and will do or say anything as long as they get what they want.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2001 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

Being at peace with God.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

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