An ongoing collection of Proust Questionnaire answers that reveal the art of being human — through wit, empathy, curiosity, and imagination.
These are just a few of the answers from Vanity Fair that we love, and what we’ve inferred from them. You might read them differently, and that’s the beauty of it.
Each response reveals as much about the reader as the writer.
What do you most value in your friends?
They want to leave the party the same time I do.
What is your greatest extravagance?
I hope this doesn't affect your opinion of me, but I have a garbage can that you don't even have to touch for it to open. You put your foot in the sensor zone. It's very extravagant.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Maybe one of those plastic things they put in electrical outlets so kids won’t stick things in them.