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Q: Is there one piece of criticism that sticks in your mind?
A: The only criticism that has stuck in my mind is that somebody once said to me that I had a cruel streak. Maybe that is too honest for this article. But that stayed with me, the possibility that I enjoyed and took pleasure in the discomfort of another’s distress.
Q: What is your greatest fear?
A: That I have a cruel streak.
Q: What is your most unpleasant characteristic?
A: I really don’t think I have a cruel streak.
— Leonard Cohen, answering questions in Q Magazine, September 1994
