A crippling accident.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
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Outliving my kids – and rats.
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Being stuck in a project that’s not challenging me, or true to my nature.
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