David Hyde Pierce: Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

The question

Originally asked

Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire

A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

David Hyde Pierce

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Humor, perspective, and selective honesty.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Kindness and laughter. If someone makes me laugh, I’m halfway in love.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 May 2024 source ↗

Sally Mann Photographer

Knowing when to show up and when to go home.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 2 March 2018 source ↗

Their loving forbearance.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 30 January 2019 source ↗

A love of laughter and a shared belief that life is a dream.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 November 2014 source ↗

Being at home with Brian and the dogs.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2017 source ↗

I would be a better, faster, and more faithful writer of letters and e-mails, and returner of phone calls.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2017 source ↗

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