A lot of people because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed to be the repository of other people's hope.
It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards or holiday...
If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it you just feel that...
One interviewer asked me: 'How do you feel that you've betrayed your father?' That wasn't really very cool.
