Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2026 source ↗
When I was growing up, I thought quicksand was going to be a much bigger fear to contend with on a day‑to-day basis. It hasn’t proved to be a bother yet, but there’s still time.
A plane that I’m on plunging into the sea. Aside from that, pigeons.
That I might have to do a normal job.
All good dramatists are scared of the audience.
Why is your nose so wonky?
It’s all a gift. So be grateful for every day.
For my dad not to have known our boys.
Becoming a father.
Too controlling about silly things like timings or not having toxic cleaning products in the house.
Caring too much about what others think.
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