{"product_id":"vanity-fairs-proust-questionnaire-isbn-9781605295954","title":"Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire","description":"An intimate look into the inner lives of our most prominent cultural figures— pulled from the celebrated Proust Questionnaire page in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. The probing set of questions originated as a 19th-century parlor game popularized by contemporaries of Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that an individual's answers reveal his true nature. Illustrated by Risko, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair's Proust \u003c\/i\u003eQ\u003ci\u003euestionnaire \u003c\/i\u003eEdited by Graydon Carter and Illustrated by Risko, brings together the responses of 101 of the most vibrant personalities of our time, from Bette Midler and Lauren Bacall to Salman Rushdie and Norman Mailer, from Martin Scorsese and Shirley MacLaine to Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton. Candid, hilarious, and endlessly fascinating,Graydon Carter is the editor of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRobert Risko\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e a \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair \u003c\/i\u003econtributor, is one of the most renowned celebrity caricaturists working today.ROBERT ALTMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFILM MAKER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApril 2006 (Altman died in November 2006.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy greatest regret: \"Doing this questionnaire.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is your idea of perfect happiness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScreening a new picture in a room full of \"virgins.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is your greatest fear?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee above answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich historical figure do you most identify with?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBuffalo Bill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich living person do you most admire?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Belafonte.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the trait you most deplore in yourself?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy tendency to take foolish risks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the trait you most deplore in others?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir reluctance to take foolish risks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do you consider the most overrated virtue?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrugality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn what occasion do you lie?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat day is today?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich living person do you most despise?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich words or phrases do you most overuse?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cut.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is your greatest regret?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoing this questionnaire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat or who is the greatest love of your life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKathryn Reed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen and where were you happiest?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich talent would you most like to have?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCard counting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is your current state of mind?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCautiously optimistic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'd make my legs the same length.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo comment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat do you consider your greatest achievement?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI've made only the movies I wanted to make.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'm immortal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is your most treasured possession?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMemories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the quality you most like in a man?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ability not to take one's self seriously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is the quality you most like in a woman?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ability to take me seriously.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho are your favorite writers?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaymond Carver and Roald Dahl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho is your favorite hero of fiction?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Marlowe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is it that you most dislike?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMovies that explain everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is your motto?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Giggle and give in.\"","brand":"Rodale Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302448746725,"sku":"NP9781605295954","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781605295954.jpg?v=1742927576","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/vanity-fairs-proust-questionnaire-isbn-9781605295954","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}