I Owe Much To Mother. She Had

I Met Many Russians Over The Years Who Were Convinced My Brothers And I Were A Cabal, Pulling Strings Behind The Scenes To Shape American Policy. The Soviets Had No Conception Of How A Pluralistic Democracy Works And Believed Elected Officials, Up To And Including The President Of The United States, Were Only Figureheads Acting Out The Roles Dictated To Them By The Real "powers That Be" - In This Case, My Family.

I Think I Am Basically A Happy Person.

It Is True That I Am Often Startled And Even Angered And Repulsed By The Strange Directions And Provocative Content Of New Forms That Seem To Pop Up Every Few Months.

As Children We Recognized That We Belonged To An Unusual, Even Exceptional, Family, But The Effect Was Different On Each Of Us.

My Congratulations On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The October Revolution.