George Saunders
Short-story writer and novelist
I’d like to have a more generous, less anxious mind.
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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.
I would like to be less impulsive.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 27 June 2013 source ↗
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Stephen Fry
Actor, writer and broadcaster
My laziness. Not in work-related matters, but social laziness. Thank-you letters, organization, that sort of thing.
Hans Zimmer
Film composer
A little more self-confidence wouldn’t hurt.
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The ability to be themselves rather than hiding behind a mask.
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Sometimes I follow my instincts more than my reason.
I honestly don’t have a particular fear. We must live life without limits, and fear can become a limit.
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