Elmore Leonard
Novelist and screenwriter
Being with my best friend, who’s a girl.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
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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.
Weeping with laughter.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 26 January 2018 source ↗
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View all 160 →I have no idea what perfect happiness feels like, but I am looking forward to the experience.
Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.
Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
Probably being granted all-access to a Disney theme park with my husband, David, and a group of close friends—and just us—while we wandered and drank tropical tiki drinks. No judgment, no lines, no bad weather, and no hangovers. Oh, and our twins would be there too, but only when they’re happy and meltdown-free. I guess the same would go for David.
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View profile →It happens all the time, but childhood holidays on the North Norfolk coast were a kind of bliss.
Their humor and that they are smarter than I, but not by too much.
The Obamas are impressive.
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