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.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2021 source ↗
I’m terrified of time. The people I love are getting older and time seems to be going faster and faster. It’s scary. I’d like it to slow down, please.
Losing consciousness or awareness.
As an Italian, tinned spaghetti. As a child, I was once served it at someone’s house. It was quite frightening.
Heights, something happening to my children and Manchester United getting good again (I’m a Man City fan).
From a professional standpoint, it didn’t get any better than achieving our ultimate goal, whether that meant six NBA championships in eight years, or two Olympic gold medals. But I’m more low-key than people realize. Give me an evening with family or friends, and I’m good.
Cooking dinner and hanging out with my kids.
Rafael Nadal, Paul Merson, Ally McCoist, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Derek Jeter, Serena Williams
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