Pain. I told Jeffrey that if I have a really bad headache just pull the plug.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2016 source ↗
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What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
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Joyce Carol Oates
Novelist, short story writer and essayist
Sometimes, it is the possibility of loneliness. Other times, it is the possibility of never being alone, having no privacy, being under the control of another.
Kevin Rowland
British singer
Insanity. I am on a recovery programme – clean from drugs and drink for many years – and if I stopped doing all that stuff I’d go crazy pretty quick and pick up drugs again, because I was a real fucking addict.
Generally? Hurting someone’s feelings. Specifically? Being kidnapped while on vacation.
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I don’t care as long as Jeffrey and I go together and we end up in a big suite with a view of the ocean.
Sundays in Paris with Jeffrey. We go to the Sunday market, make a nice lunch, drink a big bottle of Burgundy, and then take a long delicious nap. Heaven.
Lying on the sofa watching old episodes of Law & Order all day.
I worry that if I don’t challenge myself professionally I’ll lie on the sofa and watch old episodes of Law & Order all day.
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