Martha Stewart: What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Martha Stewart

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Right now, in the present. I have a short memory.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

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Yoko Ono Japanese artist and activist

When the war was over—whichever war that was.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, December 1995 source ↗

Louis Smith English artistic gymnast

When I was a kid with no responsibilities.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2013 source ↗

Gregg Wallace English broadcaster and writer

When I got married in 2016. I’d had a chance to practise three times before, so I was comfortable.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 April 2022 source ↗

Richard Branson English business magnate

The births of my kids and my wedding spring to mind.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 April 2010 source ↗

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Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I’m a very fearless person.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

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

Indecision and wishy-washiness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Any type of indecision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

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

A verdant landscape filled with beautiful animals of all kinds, harp music, cumulus clouds in a bright-blue sky, and happy people conversing pleasantly, sipping cold sake from homemade bamboo cups.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2009 source ↗

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