Walking in my garden in England with my wife.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 April 2016 source ↗
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What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?Originally asked
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View all 158 →Being with my family and kids, on an island, eating and drinking.
A verdant landscape filled with beautiful animals of all kinds, harp music, cumulus clouds in a bright-blue sky, and happy people conversing pleasantly, sipping cold sake from homemade bamboo cups.
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Drinking a pint of London Pride while munching Twiglets and reading about Colin Firth having a critical and box office catastrophe.
Good TV, good delivery, perfect AC. Literally doing nothing.
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Geoffrey's widow, Alma.
If needed—a doctor-assisted death.
A year ago, after only four lessons, skiing alone in the Sierras.
That I would lose her.
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