As for me, I believe that if there's a God - and I am as neutral on the subject as is possible - then the most basic proof of His existence is black humor. What else explains it, that odd, reliable comfort that billows up at the worst moments, like a beautiful sunset woven out of the smoke over a bombed city.
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir (ed. Little, Brown, 2008) - ISBN: 9780316039802