I would erase my fear of dying, but I suppose that would be erasing some of my human condition.
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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.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Being too open and generous to those who don’t deserve it.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 11 December 2020 source ↗
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George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
I’d like to have a more generous, less anxious mind.
My inability to have a long-term intimate relationship.
Robert De Niro
Actor
I am the way I am, and I can’t change that. Why even think about it?
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View profile →Having fun with my sisters back in the day. I miss playing cards and fighting over crabs with them every weekend.
COVID-19 and how it’s affecting everyone. Also, I’m afraid of not knowing when I’ll be able to perform in front of people again and enjoy an audience.
Being healthy. Sometimes we don’t know that we’re not healthy because we’re not going to the doctor—like me, when I first discovered I had diabetes years ago.
Honesty. Tell me the truth, even if it hurts.
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