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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I. Daniel Ellsberg, activist and author, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 'Our leaders don't yield anything to anyone in terms of ruthlessness.' II. Larry Heinemann, novelist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 'He will always look at life through the eyes of a pissed-off infantryman.' III. John Nichols, novelist and screenwriter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 'You become politicized by understanding the whole picture.' IV. Studs Terkel, writer and broadcaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 'It's always agitators who change things.' V. J. P. Donleavy, novelist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 'I learned that where art was concerned there was only one critic, just you.' VI. Desmond MacNamara, sculptor and author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 'The real truth lies in comedy.' VII. Noel Browne, activist and author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 'My job I considered to be one of an educator, a propagandist and an agitator.' XIII. Bianca Jagger, human rights activist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 'I realized how just a small act of courage can save a life.' IX. Marcel Ophuls, documentary film maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 'You must always be prepared not only to surprise other people but to surprise yourself.' X. Woody Allen, film director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 'Being an ostrich, in certain ways, has worked positively for me.' XI. Spike Lee, film director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 'Any artist has to go out and do what's true in your heart.' XII. Neil Davies, documentary film maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 227 'Entertainment is not only or always the slickness but connecting at the human level.' XIII. Dusan Makavejev, film director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 'The basic story of life [is] something dangerous and beautiful.' XIV. Bruno Bettelheim, Psychologist: Another Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 A. Robert Bergman, psychiatrist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 B. Gayle Janowitz, child care worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 C. 'Stephen Elliot,' Orthogenic School resident and author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 . D. Robert Coles, psychiatrist and author. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Biography, Interviews