then as i was leaving the second day and we had an appointment to meet the next day, i said to him ap roto nothing, i said, kurt, do you believe in god? because, you know, in his normals it's never quite clear whether he does. he sometimes seems angry with god and other times he says he's an atheist. but on the other hand, you really admire him for the attitudes. so i said, kurt, do you believe in god? and he said, well, i don't know, but who couldn't? and i left. [laughter] and that was his pronouncement. and i left. and about an hour after i left, he was taking his little dog out for a walk. and they made kind of an odd pairing when they walked down the street in new york. here's a 6-3 man, very attenuated, very tall with a tiny little lhasa ap sew which looks like a must have on a leash, you know, tiny little dog. and he was walking down that steep flight of steps at his brownstone, and as he was walking on the steps, he tripped over the dog's leash, pitched forward and hit his head on the sidewalk and never regained consciousness. a month later he died. and, you know, it's very inter