Interviews with Alden Whitman copyright © 1969, 1971 by The New York Times Company. Reprinted by permission.

Interview with James Mossman copyright © 1969 by James Mossman. Reprinted by permission of John V. Mossman.

The interview with Allene Talmey was first published in Vogue. Copyright © 1969 by The Conde Nast Publications Inc. Reprinted by permission.

Interview with Israel Shenker copyright © 1972 by The New York Times Company. Reprinted by permission.

The interview with Simona Morini was first published in Vogue. Copyright © 1972 by the Conde Nast Publications Inc. Reprinted by permission.

Interview with Peter DuvalSmith and Christopher Burstall copyright © 1962 by Peter DuvalSmith. Reprinted by permission.

Portions of the interview with Martha Duffy first appeared in Time. Reprinted by permission of Time, The Weekly News-magazine; copyright © 1969 by Time Inc.

Interview with Jane Howard copyright © 1964 by Time Inc. Reprinted with permission.

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CONTENTS

Forewordxv

Interviews

Letters to Editors 209

Articles 221

FOREWORD

I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child. Throughout my academic ascent in America, from lean lecturer to Full Professor, I have never delivered to my audience one scrap of information not prepared in typescript beforehand and not held under my eyes on the bright lit lectern. My hemmings and hawings over the telephone cause long distance callers to switch from their native English to pathetic French. At parties, if I attempt to entertain people with a good story, 1 have to go back to every other sentence for oral erasures and inserts. Even the dream I describe to my wife across the breakfast table is only a first draft.