 You know, it's such a loaded thing to say. My cat of 17 years was the love of my life, except that it happens to be true. And that's the wonderful thing she used to do when I was in a lot of pain. She would lie in front of me and just roll over like that and just try to be as cute and comforting as possible. We shot this interview last fall because Carr didn't know if he'd make it to the book's publication date.