The question
What is your idea of perfect happiness?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.
Being in process on a creative project I love.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 17 January 2025 source ↗
Sitting down to supper with family and close friends, either in my garden or on my boat.
A picnic in my garden in Kerdalo, Brittany.
I love days where I just work uninterrupted from 6am to 10pm, stopping just for a little exercise. These are my favorite days, and always have been. The more of these 16-hour workdays I have, the happier I am.
Monogamy, with the right lady. (Sheer luck.)
Probably as a small child in a pool in my mother’s arms.
Losing my mind.
Self-importance.
Filippo Grandi, United Nations Refugee Agency high commissioner.
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