Elaine May: Which quality in your friends matters most to you?

The question

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.

Elaine May

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

Availability. Just kidding. Character.

The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 March 2009 source ↗

Others on this question

Smarts, kindness, decency, honesty, integrity, humor. Really do love a good cook! Our group of friends has been friends for a long time.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2021 source ↗

Malala Yousafzai Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace

They treat me as a regular person.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 12 July 2019 source ↗

That they be intelligent and engaged.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 April 2015 source ↗

Eugene Levy Actor and writer

Knowing they are there for you.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 November 2019 source ↗

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