An alarmist, not a hypochondriac

Woody Allen has a gift for intelligent humor.

So when he writes to clear any misconception of who he really is--an alarmist, not a hypochondriac--it's worth a read. 

Allen confesses to also having "an animal fear of dying":

I sometimes imagine that death might be more tolerable if I passed away in my sleep, although the reality is, no form of dying is acceptable to me with the possible exception of being kicked to death by a pair of scantily clad cocktail waitresses.

But, to be a misunderstood alarmist, a hypochondriac and somebody who is pathologically fearful of dying, is better than to be a Republican, concludes Allen.