When were you happiest? A few times when I looked forward to a happy moment or remembered it - never when it was happening.
What is your greatest fear? To awaken after death - that’s why I want to be burned immediately.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Indifference to the plights of others.What is the trait you most deplore in others? Their sleazy readiness to offer me help when I don’t need or want it.
What makes you depressed? Seeing stupid people happy.
What do you most dislike about your appearance? That it makes me appear the way I really am.
Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not meant it? All the time. When I really love someone, I can only show it by making aggressive and bad-taste remarks.
Which living person do you most despise, and why? Medical doctors who assist torturers.
What is the worst job you’ve done? Teaching. I hate students, they are (as all people) mostly stupid and boring.
If you could edit your past, what would you change? My birth. I agree with Sophocles: the greatest luck is not to have been born - but, as the joke goes on, very few people succeed in it.
What is the closest you’ve come to death? When I had a mild heart attack. I started to hate my body: it refused to do its duty to serve me blindly.
What is the most important lesson life has taught you? That life is a stupid, meaningless thing that has nothing to teach you.