Vera Wang: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Originally asked

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

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

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

Recorded Vera Wang said elsewhere, not written here

The desire to please. It’s a losing battle.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗

Others on this question

I’m so tempted to answer serial killer.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 February 2025 source ↗

I don’t say that I’m perfect but there’s nothing that I deplore.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 August 2025 source ↗

I can always see two points of view, which makes it hard to have a row.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗

I’m a bit of a hoarder.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 September 2025 source ↗

Is there such a thing? I guess, for me, it’s really about life’s special moments, large and small.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 October 2020 source ↗

Cruelty…no, maybe dishonesty or disingenuousness. All are equally deplorable.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗

Those who put others first.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2020 source ↗

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