I'm not so sure that he's so much paranoid as shrude... and rich. He's playing to the audience, just like any other successful performer. There's a reason that his books are still in print, they're still selling <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />.
Kind of makes you wonder just how many would-be "Omega Men" there are out there, doesn't it??<img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />??
Troy