The question
What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?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.
Lying in one of two twin hammocks on an English lawn in June. A glass of something cool and vinous is balanced on my tummy. A speaker hanging above the tree plays Glenn Gould. A Wodehouse novel is spread-eagled on my chest. I will pick it up in a moment. Oh, the other hammock is occupied by my beloved husband.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 June 2015 source ↗
Everybody around me is happy, my spirit is right, and just nothing but peace and tranquility in the building.
Under sail somewhere with my children, Mavis and Duncan, and my husband, Roderick, with no agenda.
Being with my best friend, who’s a girl.
Being surrounded by my friends and family. Just listening to them interacting, laughing, sharing. It is the culmination of everything I could have hoped for.
Being found out.
Probably Daniel Barenboim. His blend of insane talent, intellect, and profound humanitarianism is one that comes along very, very rarely. I would put Martina Navratilova and Stephen Sondheim in a tie for second.
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
Over two weeks, in a pleasant fug of palliative morphine if necessary. Just time to say a cheerful good-bye to everyone.
Jane Birkin, Lily Tomlin, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Grant, Neil Patrick Harris, Helena Bonham Carter
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