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I wish I were braver, although I try. I work too hard and don’t play enough. Too much work ethic, not enough “fun.”
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2012 source ↗
The question
If you could alter one thing about yourself, what would it be?Originally asked
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View all 53 →I would be a better, faster, and more faithful writer of letters and e-mails, and returner of phone calls.
I’ve constantly been changing myself my whole life. I am what you would call “a piece of work” in progress.
That I would have focused more on languages.
I’d like to increase my brain’s computing speed.
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View profile →Healthy, happy children. A wonderful, loving partner with whom to share my life.
Not always standing up for myself enough.
Peacefully, in good physical health, sound of mind, still active, at a great age, with my children around me.
Losing another child. (I lost one of my sons to suicide when he was 19.)
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
The first 10 years of my marriage, when my children were small.
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