If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

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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.

Recorded Patti Smith said elsewhere, not written here
I would love to have a better sense of physical balance.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2024 source ↗

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David Hyde Pierce
I would be a better, faster, and more faithful writer of letters and e-mails, and returner of phone calls.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2017 source ↗
Sally Field Actor
I’d be more patient, which I didn’t consider a virtue until right this moment.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 10 March 2016 source ↗
Megan Rapinoe United States international footballer, 2006–2023
I wish I wasn’t so rash, but would I be me if I wasn’t?
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 August 2020 source ↗

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Question What advice would you give your twenty-year-old self, and what should they ignore? Time & hindsight
Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises. Don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned about doing good work and protect your work. […] Protect your work and if you build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency.
Recorded Christian Lund, Louisiana Literature festival, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 24 August 2012, Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 24 August 2012 source ↗

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