Inside that quietude there was the firmest of wills. [Bill Shawn] knew exactly what he wanted to do.

However, I never thought that [George W.] Bush himself was, in any sense, "evil."

[My father] was very impressed when he saw "Death of a Salesman," I must say. He recognized himself to some extent.

[Margot Hentoff] was an editor there for a time as well as a writer.

I've never met anybody quite like [Bill Shawn]. He created - and I'm sure it was conscious - an aura about him of quietude.

Margot [Hentoff] dislikes Bill Clinton because he's totally untrustworthy, and you really ought to have some faith in whoever's going to be your president.

Tom [Hentoff] - it started when he was the editor of the paper at Wesleyan and the - members of the staff. This was the first wave of political correctness. The editors of the staff members came and said he must - he must, from now on, stop using `freshmen' and - in-as part of the policy of the paper. It had to be `freshperson.' Therefore, you don't - you're not discriminating against males or females. They were very fervent about that, and he was equally fervent about not politicizing language. So until he left, `freshmen' stayed.