For years I have been reading the simulated Proust questionnaire in Vanity Fair Magazine and thought - I would love to do this. Being a little slow on the uptake, I finally decided to answer the original questions as posed to Proust. Proust completed the survey twice, and the questions differed slightly. This survey is a hybrid of the two versions. If you’re so inclined, complete your own interview in the comments section.
Your favorite virtue. | Love |
Your favorite qualities in a man. | wisdom, passion, certainty, integrity |
Your favorite qualities in a woman. | The same that I despise: her ability to do absolutely anything, to get what she wants |
Your chief characteristic. | I’m a mixed bag, but I think resilience |
What you appreciate the most in your friends? | their forgiveness |
Your main fault. | there are many, but currently: vanity, avarice, sloth, judgment, arrogance, gluttony and envy |
Your favorite occupation. | artist |
Your idea of happiness. | living with Mat, in France: painting, cooking and gardening |
Your idea of misery. | losing my sight - no potter’s wheel for me |
If not yourself, who would you be? | me is fine |
Where would you like to live? | France |
Your favorite color and flower. | all colors and peonies |
Your favorite bird. | Sparrow |
Your favorite prose authors. | right now? Gabriel García Márquez, C.S. Lewis, Joan Didion |
Your favorite poets. | Wallace Stevens, T.S. Elliott, W.H. Auden |
Your favorite heroes in fiction. | Atticus Finch |
My favorite heroines in fiction. | Eloise |
My favorite composers. | Bach, Lennon & McCartney, Mat Lombardi |
My favorite painters. | too many to elaborate |
Your heroes in real life. | St. Thomas More, Dr. Edward Mahama, Alexander Flemming, Robert Holbrook Smith |
Your favorite heroines in real life. | The ones you never hear about |
What characters in history do you most dislike? | of course - the usual suspects: Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc. Others that I think have done tremendous damage…Phyllis Schlafly, founders of the KKK, the previous Administration |
Your heroines in World history | the Virgin Mary and Elizabeth I |
Your favorite food and drink. | pastry and coffee |
Your favorite names. | Phoebe and Algernon |
What I hate the most. | Ignorance |
The military event I admire the most. | The Battle of Agincourt |
The reform I admire the most. | the one that hasn’t happened yet: when every single human is granted exactly the same rights, honor and dignity |
The natural talent I'd like to be gifted with | coordination |
How I wish to die. | intact |
What is your present state of mind. | uncertain |
Faults for which I have the most indulgence. | vanity |
My motto. | “There is No New” |
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