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.
A peaceful, joyous time in the world…or in my head.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 9 April 2025 source ↗
Making trails and building a tree house.
I’ve discovered that I have no happiness other than my dogs’. If they’re happy, I’m happy. That sounds like something my mother used to say about her children, which I always thought was slightly manipulative and way overstated. I was wrong.
Sundays in Paris with Jeffrey. We go to the Sunday market, make a nice lunch, drink a big bottle of Burgundy, and then take a long delicious nap. Heaven.
A walk on the Golden Strand beach in County Mayo, on the West Coast of Ireland.
I most admire Steve Sondheim, who is not alive anymore. But his words and music keep him alive.
I have a lot to be grateful for, but right now, being married. Having time to be with my husband and his children. I feel very grateful.
People’s need to feel superior to others. All it does is cause judgment and hate.
Honesty, trustworthiness, and a deep understanding of emotions.
Amy Poehler, Keith McNally, Damian Lewis, Herman Wouk, Carrie Brownstein, Martin Scorsese
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