Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What is the trait you most deplore in others?
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What do you value most in your friends?
Relationships
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
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.
Best to leave things alone. Pull things out, it all comes down. I’m Jenga like that.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 July 2023 source ↗
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Melissa Etheridge
Singer, songwriter and guitarist
Again, not gonna change anything about myself. I’ve really learned to appreciate everything. Okay, maybe I’d be taller. How about that?
George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
I’d like to have a more generous, less anxious mind.
Megan Rapinoe
United States international footballer, 2006–2023
I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?
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View profile →Enough with the constant smiling.
They’ll help me dump a body off the turnpike.
I’m walking down the street angrily muttering to myself and then I run into a neighbor or former coworker and they catch me in this moment of private-public expression. It’s nice to be seen sometimes.
Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.
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