THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE
(Marcel Proust)

What is your greatest fear?

What is your current state of mind?

What is your dream of happiness?

What historical figure do you most identify with?

Which living person do yu most admire?

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Who has been the greatest influence on you?

What is your most treasured material possession?

When and where were you the happiest?

What trait do you most like in yourself?

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

What is your greatest extravagance?

What is your favorite journey?

What do you most dislike about your appearance?

What do you consider the most over-rated virtue?

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

If you could change a thing about yourself, what would it be?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Where would you like to live?

What is the quality you most admire in a man?

What is the quality you most admire in a woman?

What is it you most dislike in life?

What do you value most in your friends?

How would you like to die?

What is your motto?


(from 10-10-10 by Suzy Welch)