• 1 Does art make a difference?
    • Art Garfunkel made a difference. And Paul Simon outdid Art. Can it make a difference in the global sense? Will it ever impinge on world peace? I think not, but I do know it can and has altered the course of an individual’s life on the rare occasion.
  • 2 Should politics and art mix?
    • Bono seems to have made positive use of the powers that be. But should President Bush jam with Bruce Springsteen? Puhleeze. Though I might support him joining Riverdance.
  • 3 Is your work for the many or for the few?
    • For the many, I trust. As a photojournalist, I had a wide audience in mind. During the Sixties I was enthralled by the possibility that my images might positively impact the many.
  • 4 If you were world leader, what would be your first law?
    • To create a world court system where countries, smaller entities and individuals could petition their grievances.
  • 5 Who would be your top advisers?
    • Mel Brooks would be my top “go to” guy, and Hank Berman, my best friend from third grade. Hank can quote Schopenhauer. You never know when you might need that.
  • 6What, if anything, would you censor?
    • I’d censor shoppers in supermarket lines who always wait until the very last moment before fumbling for their purses.
  • 7 If you had to banish one public figure, who would it be?
    • Would you kindly throw in time travel, too? Then Mr Hitler would have been gone from this world before his first “Sieg Heil!”. Next to feel the metal-tipped toe of my boot would be a fella named Rush Limbaugh.
  • 8 What are the rules that you live by?
    • Even if I knew there was no God, I’d still subscribe to goodness and doing the right thing. Well, why not?
  • 9 Do you love your country?
    • I do. Particularly the America that the Beach Boys sang about. I may be stuck in time, though.
  • 10 Are we all doomed?
    • When our final hour appears I’ll repeat the last words of Augustus: “Acta est fabula, plaudite!” – “The play is over, applaud!”