With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr to something that I absolutely believed was immoral and wrong. It's as simple as that.

I was surprised to see the meeting was of Communists and the whole meeting was along Communist lines.

With me it was that defending the Communist Party was something worse than naming the names. I did not want to remain a martyr to something that I absolutely believed was immoral and wrong. It's as simple as that.

Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

In art, the obvious is a sin.

I only knew a few people, literally a handful of people, al of whom had been in the Party long before I was, all of whom were known by the FBI and were known to the Committee.