The Vanity Fair YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad interview...if only....

What is your idea of perfect happiness:

Being Prime Minister.

What is your greatest fear?

That Anwar Ibrahim will become Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Which living person do you admire most?

Robert Mugabe.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

The inability to accept that I am no longer Prime Minister of Malaysia....some say that is a virtue...that is up to you to decide.

What is your greatest extravagance?

Putrajaya, Proton, KLCC, KLIA, Anwar Ibrahim, Tun Salleh Abbas…..

What is your favorite journey?

Seri Perdana to Perdana Putra....back and forth...back and forth...every day.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
...demi kepentingan Ugama, Bangsa dan Negara.

On what occasion do you lie?

When it is in UMNO's and the national interest to do so...there are the same.

Which living person do you most despise?

Anwar Ibrahim, Abdullah Badawi, KJ, Nazri...

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
...threat to national security.

What is your greatest regret?

I am no longer Prime Minister of Malaysia.

When and where were you happiest?

From 1981 to 2003 as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Which talent would you most like to have?

Humility?.......no lah...

What is your current state of mind?

About to wet my pants thinking of a Pakatan Rakyat victory in this 13^th GE.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 
I don't really know...it is for others to say...I just want to be Prime Minister again.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
That Marina goes into business rather than write! 

If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what do you think it would be?

As Prime Minister of Malaysia.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?

As Prime Minister of Malaysia.

What are your most treasured possession? 
The files I have got on Najib, Anwar, Muhyiddin, Samy, Liong Sik...all my cabinet collegues.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Not being Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Where would you like to live?

Seri Perdana.

What is your most marked characteristic? 
My determination to again be Prime Minister!

What do you most value in your friends? 
They know I made them very rich.

Who are your favorite authors?
Machiavelli

Who are your heroes in real life? 
Robert Mugabe.

What are your favorite names?

 Ananda, Arumugam, Mugabe, Vincent Tan, Lingam, Ibrahim Ali....

What is it that you most dislike?

Not being Prime Minister of Malaysia.

How would you like to die?
As Prime Minister of Malaysia.

With Apologies to Vanity Fair.