The Proust Questionnaire is a list of questions compiled by Marcel Proust.
Its answers reveal more about someone than any shared confidence.
Dani, what is your idea of true happiness?
To watch a beautiful sunset with people I love
What is your greatest fear?
To suffer unbearable physical or mental pain
Which living person or people do you most admire?
People who try to be true to themselves
Which living person or people do you most despise?
Pimps
Which trait do you most deplore in others?
Lack of empathy
What would you change about yourself?
I’d like to be able to stop thinking for a while
What’s your greatest extravagance?
Laughing whenever and wherever I feel like laughing
Favourite journey?
Life
When would you lie?
To save my life or the life of someone dear to me.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
‘Merde’
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Overcoming the fear of being alone – freeing myself from co-dependency
What’s your greatest regret?
Not being mature enough when my son was small
The current state of mind?
Open
Most treasured possession?
My health
Where would you like to live?
Anywhere sunny and quiet by the sea, where the people are friendly,
cook spicy food and make good music
What’s your favourite occupation?
Looking after my granddaughter
What’s your most marked characteristic?
Stubbornness
Which quality do you most like in a man?
The nobleness of heart
In a woman?
Independence of mind
Favourite writers?
Flaubert, Sartre, Cabrera Infante, V.S. Naipaul, Samuel Beckett, L.P. Hartley, Joseph Conrad...
Fictional hero?
I don’t have one
What do you most dislike?
Having trouble breathing (I’m asthmatic).
Personal motto?
Get to know and like yourself
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
I don't even want to think about a second round! No reincarnation for me, please...
What if you could choose what to come back as – what would it be?
A mountain