I'm not afraid of being dead, that's to say there's nothing to be afraid of. I won't know I'm dead, would be my strong conviction. And if I find that I'm alive in any way at all, that'll be a pleasant surprise. I quite like surprises.

I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.

I'm a single-issue voter, to get straight to the point. I'm really only interested in the candidate who's toughest and least apologetic when it comes to the confrontation with Islamic Jihadism.

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.

It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them aren't even young and beautiful now.

I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing.

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.