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(Please: All Concise Interviews with Notable People are real and unembellished, and should not be considered satirical or fabricated. To think so would be wrong.) - - - - The following interview was conducted by Andy Wang, a former Microsoft employee (and now a teacher of journalism at the University of Missouri), at a dinner hosted by Mr. Gates at his lakeside home, in the summer of 1996. AW: What do you think about mandatory ratings on computer games? Bill Gates: They're saying the games are too violent. I think our games aren't violent enough. I mean, screw it. - - - - This next interview was conducted by Eric Celeste, a writer living in Dallas, with Robert Hughes, esteemed cultural critic, formerly of Australia. In 1995, Mr. Celeste was writing about people's reading habits for American Way Magazine, and, on a lark, called Mr. Hughes for a comment. Mr. Celeste was surprised when Mr. Hughes called back. Robert Hughes: This is Robert Hughes.
- - - - Larry Smith interviewed Elmore Leonard, a novelist, last year for a profile he was doing for P.O.V. magazine, at which he is a senior editor. He called Mr. Leonard at home. LS: Hi, Mr. Leonard, thanks for taking a minute --
- - - - Finally, the following interview with Robert Plant, a singer, was conducted last summer by Katy Papagianis at a bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. KP: Can I help you?
Concise Interviews with Notable People Vol. I
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