The question
Which trait in yourself do you like least?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.
Self-criticism.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2014 source ↗
Self-denigration, an old strategy for extorting praise from people. (“I am a terrible person.” “No, you’re a wonderful person and we all love you.”)
Impatience married with being very quick to judge.
I’m a bit of a hoarder.
Oversensitivity.
There are different kinds of happiness, but the simplest was when I was 13 because what one had to do was so obvious.
The demise of the London Daily Mail.
Michael Frayn – such modesty, talent, kindness and bottomless curiosity.
Lack of self-criticism.
Tchaikovsky's 1812, sung by Barry Manilow.
Caroline Lucas, Toni Collette, Guy Pearce, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Bill Clinton, Judd Apatow
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