Shonda Rhimes: What does happiness look like for you when life is going well?

The question

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.

Shonda Rhimes

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Warm chocolate cake, a gorgeous fire, and Idris Elba. Also, world peace.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 4 October 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Long walks with my husband. Being with my family. Making music, and writing when songs just fall together. And maybe a cannoli. Just one.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 April 2020 source ↗

Being at peace with God.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗

Taking an overnight train in Europe.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 20 January 2026 source ↗

Being totally present and at peace in the moment—and knowing that my children and grandchildren are all right.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2009 source ↗

People who feed off of their misery. The whiners and complainers.

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

Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.

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

My ability to make everything about me.

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

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