Takashi Murakami: Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's The Q&A has retained this Proust-derived prompt from at least 2007 through 2026, and ABC independently put it to the Obamas in 2011.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Takashi Murakami said elsewhere, not written here

Increasing forgetfulness.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

Not following through on things.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 February 2025 source ↗

My love of sugar.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2016 source ↗

I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗

Vick Hope British television and radio presenter

I can’t say no. I am a people-pleaser, and it means that I burn myself out because I take on too much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗

When, as a university freshman, I would go to the ocean in the summer and free-dive all day long.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 September 2018 source ↗

To be so cold that I am not able to sleep.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2018 source ↗

I’d like to increase my brain’s computing speed.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 13 September 2018 source ↗

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