Under sail somewhere with my children, Mavis and Duncan, and my husband, Roderick, with no agenda.
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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.
Watching my girls laugh together. It is more short-lived than I’d like, but it does happen!
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 18 February 2025 source ↗
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View all 158 →The very idea of perfect happiness. Who wouldn’t be happy about the proposition that happiness can be perfect?
The very short instant right after accomplishing something very challenging.
A fireplace, a book, and a snowy day, with no possibility of getting into the office.
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View profile →Humor. Laughing with my girlfriends is one of my great joys.
Gloria Steinem.
Drowning. The feeling of not being able to take a breath. I’m sure my therapist would have something to say about the deep psychological reasons for it.
On a beach, watching my girls do cartwheels, with a Goombay Smash with a floater on top.
I would erase my fear of dying, but I suppose that would be erasing some of my human condition.
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