Fran Lebowitz

Beau jester of New York's smart set, Fran Lebowitz has taken a break from her writer's block to produce Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas. That's for kids. For the adults in her life, she's taken up pen to answer V.F.'s Proust Questionnaire

Social Study

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Silence.

What is your greatest fear?

Noise.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

Sloth.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Industry.

What is your greatest extravagance?

Thrift.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Abstinence.

On what occasion do you lie?

Before.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?

After.

What is your current state of mind?

Warranted.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?

Passover.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Restraint.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?

Thing.

What is your most treasured possession?

English.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

French.

What is your favorite occupation?

Pope.

Where would you like to live?

Rome.

What is your most marked characteristic?

Optimism.

What is the quality you most like in a man?

Height.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?

Depth.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

Truth.

Who is your hero in real life?

Consequence.

What is your favorite name?

Driver.

What do you most value in your friends?

Typing.

How would you like to die?

Vindicated.