Herman Wouk: What is your idea of perfect happiness?

The question

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.

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

Herman Wouk

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Monogamy, with the right lady. (Sheer luck.)

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 October 2012 source ↗

Others on this question

Having the opportunity to contribute and serve.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 27 September 2019 source ↗

Spending time with my family—with no phone, no fax, and no meetings.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2003 source ↗

Family, friends, laughter, and music so loud you feel it inside.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 September 2014 source ↗

Floating on my back in the ocean.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 5 March 2025 source ↗

Taking myself seriously, even in a Vanity Fair quiz.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Anywhere with her, while she lived.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Complacent stupidity.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

At age 97 and counting, guess.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2012 source ↗

Search the directory for somebody in particular.