The Proust Questionnaire is believed to reveal an individual’s true nature. We have asked Incite authors 17 questions inspired by the questionnaire in an attempt to uncover who they are…
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
The dragon of ambition is finally slayed!
What does your ideal day look like?
Getting up early (say 10:30 am) writing without thought or self-consciousness, nice lunch, the movies, a humble salute to the chakras, in bed early (say 2:30 am) with a cup of water. Like anybody, I suppose.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Writing.
What possession would you be heartbroken if you lost?
My favourite childhood toy: a portly stuffed Dalmatian named ‘Spot’.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
That continual, low-level, enervating feeling that everything about me needs changing.
What childhood fear has followed you into adulthood?
Closets, elevators, forests, bats, bridges, antique car horns, the Amish, black forest cake, accordions, Hercules beetles, woodchucks, ball-peen hammers, radiator steam, crustaceans, soggy aprons, yodeling, hyenas, tile grout, lassitude, maté straws, the state of Illinois, saddle shoes, lederhosen, riding apparel, parking meters, Venus fly-traps, that empty feeling you get when you realize that after one second is gone the next will be gone too, and the next, and the next, and the one after that, and then the one after that god dammit…
Do you take comfort in darkness or light?
Neither … I like that brief period when light is becoming dark. Really, during those twenty minutes of dusk I’m at my peak.
Do you remember your dreams?
What?! Some people don’t? I want that!
How do you collect snippets of observations and ideas that come to you unexpectedly?
I repeat them a hundred times until they’re drummed into my subconscious. Then I will myself to forget them. It’s an actor’s technique.
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