The infamous Proust (and Vanity Fair) Questionnaire. [via Literacity]
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
All suffering comes from desire and separation. Misery is almost always self-inflicted.
Where would you like to live?
I've learned it doesn't matter where. I'd rather travel.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
A. What other kind is there?
B. Knowing that nothing needs to be done.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Enthusiasm. People should be stupidly passionate about things. Everything else is annoying.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Lovable misfits who band together in the end...
Who are your favorite characters in history?
The one's who got away with it.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
The Brunnhildes and Bodhisattvas
Your favorite painter?
Edward Hopper
Your favorite musician?
Guitar players: Jimmy Page, Johnny Marr, John Squire, Graham Coxon
The quality you most admire in a man?
Decisiveness.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Impertinence.
Your favorite virtue?
Gravity, because it always wins.
Your favorite occupation?
I prefer to think I'll be greeted as a liberator.
Who would you have liked to be?
Not Proust.
