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I interrupt too much.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2008 source ↗
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.
Others on this question
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Vick Hope
British television and radio presenter
I can’t say no. I am a people-pleaser, and it means that I burn myself out because I take on too much.
Jacqueline Wilson
English novelist
Catastrophising.
Jim Kerr
Scottish singer and songwriter
I’ve learned to give myself a break. Everyone should.
Carrie Fisher
Actor and writer
My driving skills.
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In London. When Blake [Edwards, her husband since 1969] made me laugh so much I wept. Blake says I slept with a smile.
Something triumphant, I couldn’t tell you what but something vibrant and joyous.
A botanist or a florist.
A cure for arthritis.
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