The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Losing family, friends, and loved ones.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, September 2025 source ↗
Losing my family in some way.
Running out of ideas.
I am not afraid.
Losing my mind.
Being there for each other during good times and bad.
Being judgmental.
Gabby Giffords. She’s a survivor of gun violence and a relentless champion of sensible gun safety measures.
Procrastinating. I saved answering this questionnaire until the very last minute.
Playing the Cowardly Lion in our fourth-grade production of The Wizard of Oz. Thank you, Mr. Riccobono.
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