In the back pages of Vanity Fair each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to famous subjects about their lives, thoughts, values and experience. The questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust (1871–1922), the French essayist and fiction writing genius, who believed that, in answering these questions, an individual reveals his or her true nature. So here is my nature:
1.What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The feeling of being full- full of life, love, knowledge and even full after an amazing meal.
2.What is your greatest fear?
Death. Not my own, but death of those that I love.
3.What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Shyness & quiet nature.
4.What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Lack of trust.
5.Which living person do you most admire?
My mother
6.What is your greatest extravagance?
Life.
7.What is your current state of mind?
Peaceful
8.What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Happiness.
9.On what occasion do you lie?
To avoid hurting someone.
10.What do you most dislike about your appearance?
My tummy and my thighs. Wish they were smaller. Oh, and probably my far from perfect eyesight.
11.Which living person do you most despise?
I don’t despise anyone. Despise is too strong a word.
12.What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty. A man should be able to love you and tell you your ass looks hideous in those pants.
13.What is the quality you most like in a woman?
The ability to look effortlessly cool.
14.Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
"like"//”I guess”//”Sure”
15.What or who is the greatest love of your life?
As selfish as this may come across, myself. I have great love, but none is greater than the love for myself.
16.When and where were you happiest?
When I received a phonecall, a week before my 24th birthday telling me to pack my bags for Disney World the next morning.
During the summer of 2006.
17.Which talent would you most like to have?
I’d love to be able to draw.
18.If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Make myself taller. Oh, I guess that would be another trait I dislike about myself?
19.What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Finishing school. Staying true to myself.
20.If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A man.
21.Where would you most like to live?
New York City. Or Rome.
22.What is your most treasured possession?
My Tania ring, Fendi bag, Cartier rings given to me on my Sweet 16 by my godmother, a rock from the beaches of Nice…
23.What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Jealousy.
24.What is your favorite occupation?
As in ideal? Personal shopper. Fashion journalist.
25.What is your most marked characteristic?
Persistence.
26.What do you most value in your friends?
In my *true* friends, I admire their open-mindedness, willingness to listen and open heartedness.
27.What are your favorite names?
Venezia or Ximena (pronounced “Hi-mena”) for a girl. Unsure about boys.
28.How would you like to die?
Having led a full life. Peacefully. In my sleep.
29.What is your motto?
“Let it Be”
30. What is your favorite journey?
Anywhere that involves an airport.
You can read some celebrity Proust questionnaires here: Vanity Fair : Proust Questionnaire
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