The question
What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?Originally asked
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.
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A meal alfresco with people I love.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 15 October 2024 source ↗
To sit by a clear river on a warm day in early July with the smell of cut grass in the air.
Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.
It’s never going to be absolutely perfect. There will always be something you would change if you could.
Reading a book with a dog asleep on either side of me.
Cruelty. I don’t see the point.
I am always disappointed in myself. I always feel that I haven’t achieved enough, or been as good a parent as I could be.
I cried recently, thinking about my late wife.
Every time one of my kids was born and I knew that they were healthy.
My late wife – she died of cancer. We tried everything we could do to save her. I wish that I could have done more and that I could have been with her at the moment she passed away. I couldn’t be in that room, because I knew it would be so devastating that I wouldn’t be able to take care of the kids after.
Losing one of my children, as there is no greater loss.
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