This comes from Vanity Fair, by way of Jared at Mysterium Tremendum, linked through Thinklings.org (part 1)

Marcel Proust asked himself these questions at the age of twenty.

I, by the way, am 46.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MARKED CHARACTERISTIC?
I think too much (and i am messy)

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST LIKE IN A MAN?
Kindness

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST LIKE IN A WOMAN?
She can laugh at the days to come

WHAT DO YOU MOST VALUE IN YOUR FRIENDS?
A sense of humor

WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN YOUR SELF?
Speaking out of both sides of my mouth. I hate that. I do that.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OCCUPATION?
Anything creative. Music, art, writing

WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS?
A good book, a warm quilt, a crackling fire in the fire place, a bag of peanut M&M's, and THGGM softly snoring...aaaahhhhhhhh....

WHAT DO YOU REGARD AS THE LOWEST DEPTH OF MISERY?
Spiritually - separation from God
Mentally - nothing to read
Physically - thirst
Emotionally - betrayal

IN WHAT COUNTRY WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE?
I would like to live on the island Albert Einstein imagined when he said "Oh, how I wish there existed an island, for those who are wise and of goodwill." I hope I would qualify.