Novelist, short story writer and essayist
Recorded · Vanity Fair · 2018
If I had a trait that I truly deplored, I would work to erase or modify it…Probably, a lack of discipline.
Identity & self
Who you are
Seven questions about how you describe yourself, what you fear, what you are proud of, and what happiness means to you.
7 questions, 2 answers written here by 1 member, and 1,065 quoted from what public figures said elsewhere, each with its source. Every question is asked in FLAPSS wording — nobody answers as anybody else.
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Which trait in yourself do you like least?
Recorded · Vanity Fair · 2026
Craving the kind of success I pretend to despise.
American singer and songwriter
Recorded · The Guardian · 2022
I dislike my relationship with food. I wish I didn’t love food so much.
Every question in this questionnaire
- How would you sum yourself up in three words? 114
- As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? 197
- Who raised you, and how did their work and example shape the way you lead today? —
- What do you fear most? 256
- Which trait in yourself do you like least? 239
- What fills you with the most pride? 103
- What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? 158
Who has answered
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2 answers Bay Area, US
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