The charming attitude of Slavoj Žižek

The Guardian: What makes you depressed?

Slavoj Žižek: Seeing stupid people happy.

The Guardian: What do you owe your parents?

Slavoj Žižek: Nothing, I hope. I didn’t spend a minute bemoaning their death.

The Guardian: What does love feel like?

Slavoj Žižek: Like a great misfortune, a monstrous parasite, a permanent state of emergency that ruins all small pleasures.

The Guardian: What is your favourite smell?

Slavoj Žižek: Nature in decay, like rotten trees.

The Guardian: Have you ever said ‘I love you’ and not meant it?

Slavoj Žižek: All the time. When I really love someone, I can only show it by making aggressive and bad-taste remarks.

The Guardian: What is the worst job you’ve done?

Slavoj Žižek: Teaching. I hate students, they are (as all people) mostly stupid and boring.

The Guardian: How often do you have sex?

Slavoj Žižek: It depends what one means by sex. If it’s the usual masturbation with a living partner, I try not to have it at all.

The Guardian: What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

Slavoj Žižek: That life is a stupid, meaningless thing that has nothing to teach you.

The Guardian: Tell us a secret.

Slavoj Žižek: Communism will win.