Primary Sources: People: Huxley, Aldous

"Presents an interview with author Aldous Huxley. He discusses his early career writing articles and reviews for magazines like "Vogue," "Vanity Fair" and "House & Garden," which he recommends as an apprenticeship for authors as it provides a lot of practice writing quickly about a variety of topics. He discusses the psychology of creativity, dismissing the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud as exclusively concerned with the sick and the past, and observing that the future is more interesting. Asked about the use of LSD to stimulate creativity, Huxley notes that it may give a writer fresh perspectives but will not, of itself, improve anyone's writing."

"In this excerpt from a longer programme, John Lehmann speaks to Aldous Huxley as the novelist and essayist shares his thoughts on the art of writing. Since World War II, Huxley has tended to concentrate on factual writing, yet he does not fear that he has lost faith in the novel. He does, however, speculate that recordings of spoken literature might one day take the place of written text.
Please note, the original recording includes a brief dip in sound quality during this interview."