Patience is not my forte.
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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When were you happiest?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Laziness, wasting time. I’d like to be able to make films faster.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2010 source ↗
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Self-righteousness and a phobia of embarrassment.
I’m not into self-deploring.
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View profile →First of all, I’d like to stop complaining—I’m beginning to annoy myself. I would like to learn to read faster, however. Again, the rest I’ve learned to live with.
When my friends and I were making Mean Streets, 1973.
Actually, I dislike dealing with schedules and logistics—mine and others’.
I think you can strive to attain it, but be realistic about the outcome. In the meantime, I find I might be experiencing it through flashes or brief moments in love and art, and at times just being alive.
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