Which trait do you most dislike in yourself?

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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 John Grisham said elsewhere, not written here
Impatience; the inability to savor the moment.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗

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If hoarding and procrastination were Olympic sports, I’d have at least 70 gold medals.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2023 source ↗

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I had the benefit of some very good high school English teachers. One in particular when I was a senior in high school. I was a jock, okay. I was not a student. Although I enjoyed reading, that was about it as far as academics. But she forced us to read good books and good writers, particularly good American writers. We weren’t too thrilled to do it initially, but she taught us how to do it. Through that, I discovered some of my favorite authors, particularly John Steinbeck. Once I had gone through all of Steinbeck’s books, I realized that I had had a wonderful experience.
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