The question
Which quality in your friends matters most to you?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
A fixed Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire item asked across its three-decade archive, with independent variants in friendship and profile interviews.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Their ability to open a bottle of wine.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 September 2010 source ↗
The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
Humor and honesty. And, like me, they always think the unnecessary last drink is a great idea.
Being there for each other during good times and bad.
The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
Sister Alice Marie Quinn, who runs St. Vincent Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles.
I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time. But I think I am pretty happy now.
Serially telling endless boring jokes and sexism and racism and homophobia (they often go together).
Laziness and procrastination.
To sit by a clear river on a warm day in early July with the smell of cut grass in the air.
Terry Gross, Gina Lollobrigida, Cecile Richards, Megan Rapinoe, Little Richard, John Malkovich
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