What is your greatest fear?

Failing in "the mission."

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Che Guevara.

Which living person do you most admire?

Fidel Castro.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Artistic dishonesty.

What is your greatest extravagance?

Never joining the majority.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Charity.

On what occasion do you lie?

I never lie—nothing is worth that.

What is your greatest regret?

Not telling my son I loved him the last time I had a chance.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

My wife, Kenslea.

When and where were you happiest?

When the audience bailed me out. When I knew I was telling the truth and they were accepting it.

Which talent would you most like to have?

I'd like to be a big-band-jazz arranger.

What is your current state of mind?

Optimistic.

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

I would have had my mother, father, and son live longer so they could love one another.

What is your most treasured possession?

My mind.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

To see people who know better go along with a lie.

Where would you like to live?

Palm Beach.

What is your favorite occupation?

Speaking the truth to the American people and their being willing to listen.

What is your most marked characteristic?

To know the majority is always wrong.

Who are your favorite writers?

Shaw.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

Captain Blood. He had a sense of justice and a sense of humor.

Who are your heroes in real life?

Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Bob Kerrey, and Woody Allen.

How would you like to die?

While trying to file a medical claim.

What is your motto?

"If you can't join them, beat them."