The question
What do you fear most?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.
Being on a plane that is about to crash.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2021 source ↗
Not actualising my full potential.
Not fulfilling my potential.
Food in a sink drain.
Losing my mind.
Cooking dinner and hanging out with my kids.
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.
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