Proust Questionnaire
Dec. 18th, 2003 08:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosI pick up Vanity Fair magazine every so often -- this month because of the cover story on Viggo Mortensen. The last page is always the "Proust Questionnaire" answered by a different person each month.
The questions are brief, but intriguing, and so I thought I'd list them here. Feel free to lemming!
The Proust Questionnaire
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Which living person do you most admire?
What is your favorite journey?
On what occasion do you lie?
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Which living person do you most despise?
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Which talent would you like to have?
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be?
If you could choose to come back as, what would it be?
What is your most treasured possession?
What do you regard as the depths of misery?
What is your most marked characteristic?
Who are your favorite writers?
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
What is it that you most dislike?
What is your motto?
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Any kind of activity that is both meaningful and joyous.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Queen Christina of Sweden
Which living person do you most admire?
My father.
What is your favorite journey?
Of the journeys I’ve taken: to campus on the first day of school in any given year.
The journey I’ve always wanted to take is a slow, solo drive from Seattle to Southern California.
On what occasion do you lie?
When I don’t think the person I’m speaking to has the right to know the truth.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My current weight.
Which living person do you most despise?
Any and all self-serving, opportunistic leaders.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My daughter.
Which talent would you like to have?
Fluency in multiple foreign languages.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would like to be more courageous.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Eliminate the jealousy, territoriality, and competition between my sister and myself.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be?
A nun.
If you could choose to come back as, what would it be?
A gifted film director.
What is your most treasured possession?
My laptop. It holds all my writing, connects me with friends around the world, and brings me information and entertainment.
What do you regard as the depths of misery?
Feeling trapped and helpless.
What is your most marked characteristic?
When people describe me, they usually start with “highly intelligent.”
Who are your favorite writers?
Too many to list. The ones who come to mind immediately are Parke Godwin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sylvia Louise Engdahl, Shakespeare, Euripides.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
How can I pick just one? Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, Princess Leia Organa, Jehane bet Ishak, and Parke Godwin’s Guinevere top the list.
What is it that you most dislike?
There are any number of things I dislike: intolerance, rudeness, indifference to the consequences of one’s actions. . . But I don’t have a particular hot button on anything more serious than the Star Wars prequels.
What is your motto?
Bring light.
The questions are brief, but intriguing, and so I thought I'd list them here. Feel free to lemming!
The Proust Questionnaire
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Which living person do you most admire?
What is your favorite journey?
On what occasion do you lie?
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Which living person do you most despise?
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Which talent would you like to have?
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be?
If you could choose to come back as, what would it be?
What is your most treasured possession?
What do you regard as the depths of misery?
What is your most marked characteristic?
Who are your favorite writers?
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
What is it that you most dislike?
What is your motto?
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Any kind of activity that is both meaningful and joyous.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Queen Christina of Sweden
Which living person do you most admire?
My father.
What is your favorite journey?
Of the journeys I’ve taken: to campus on the first day of school in any given year.
The journey I’ve always wanted to take is a slow, solo drive from Seattle to Southern California.
On what occasion do you lie?
When I don’t think the person I’m speaking to has the right to know the truth.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My current weight.
Which living person do you most despise?
Any and all self-serving, opportunistic leaders.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My daughter.
Which talent would you like to have?
Fluency in multiple foreign languages.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would like to be more courageous.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Eliminate the jealousy, territoriality, and competition between my sister and myself.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be?
A nun.
If you could choose to come back as, what would it be?
A gifted film director.
What is your most treasured possession?
My laptop. It holds all my writing, connects me with friends around the world, and brings me information and entertainment.
What do you regard as the depths of misery?
Feeling trapped and helpless.
What is your most marked characteristic?
When people describe me, they usually start with “highly intelligent.”
Who are your favorite writers?
Too many to list. The ones who come to mind immediately are Parke Godwin, Guy Gavriel Kay, Sylvia Louise Engdahl, Shakespeare, Euripides.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
How can I pick just one? Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan, Princess Leia Organa, Jehane bet Ishak, and Parke Godwin’s Guinevere top the list.
What is it that you most dislike?
There are any number of things I dislike: intolerance, rudeness, indifference to the consequences of one’s actions. . . But I don’t have a particular hot button on anything more serious than the Star Wars prequels.
What is your motto?
Bring light.
