My War With The Machines

January, 1965

Years ago I went to Hollywood looking for a job. Actually, I had seen an ad in The New York Times that said, "Boy wanted, part time, to direct Cleopatra." So I went out to the Coast and while I was there, I went to this big party. I took a producer's very unattractive daughter, but I was social climbing. She was a really bad-looking girl. Facially, she resembled Louis Armstrong's voice. And while I was at the party, I met a very big Hollywood producer who spoke to me about a job. At th...