Howard Fast

My books were attacked constantly by the Communist Party for not hewing to the Party line. I have never hewed to a Party line of any kind.

Americans have no sense of history. And not much memory. They don't remember what happened yesterday.

I'm disenchanted with Communism and most other things. I'm cynical but not a cynic. I'm cynical about TV, Congress, and commercial peanut butter.

Music, in Mexico, just wasn't working out. So, I fell into acting and I just fell in love with it. It was amazing! It was a great safe place to just vent.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I love Alton Brown's show 'Good Eats,' about the chemistry of food. It's really thoughtful.