Our local doctor.
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Question
Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?
Identity & self
Question
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Identity & self
Question
When were you happiest?
Time & hindsight
Question
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Values & belief
Question
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Identity & self
Question
What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Dolores Huerta.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2022 source ↗
Others on this question
View all 406 →
Andy Roddick
American tennis player
I look up to people such as Andre Agassi who use their fame as a pedestal for causes. He was great to me early on in my career.
The many nuns and priests who often work in the shadows, dedicating their lives to the service of others.
Sickeningly, it’s probably my wife, because she’s a legend.
More from Bonnie Raitt
View profile →When I’m self-involved or insensitive to others.
Being out in a gorgeous natural setting with time to enjoy.
As a kid, my summers at camp in the Adirondacks. And as an adult, when I’m onstage.
Arrogance and entitlement.
Balancing my inner and outer life.
That injustice, ignorance, and fascism win.
More on values & belief
- What is the trait you most deplore in others? 197 answers
- What is something everyone in your world agrees about that you think is wrong? 79 answers
- What are you unwilling to optimise? 30 answers
- What have you come to understand about what it means to be human? 14 answers
- What is the most overrated virtue? 10 answers
- What do you need to believe in order to get through the day? 9 answers
Also answered this
Robbie Williams, Kevin Rowland, Shirley Manson, Joan Jett, George Michael, Lisa Marie Presley
Search the directory for somebody in particular.
Explore further
- All values & belief questions
- The The Q&A questionnaire — 25 questions from the same format
- Explore the archive — by field, age, era, and subject