Laura I've been reading your book this timeless moment with extraordinary fascination. I don't think I've ever read a biography quite like that because it's not a complete biography it's the story of the last days in a way or the last years of Aldous…

…years in Aldous's way of being even of dressing. I mean the outer signs of course that can be made. Well to tell you the truth Laura when I first met him it was in Hollywood and he came out in the most decrepit old pants and a run down shirt and…

…whatever you did with Alan took on a particular quality of vitality. John well I'm just a recent acquisition, I think tony and Laura came before me. When did you meet him John well I've known Alan. I say I've known him because I feel his presence…

…ashes in front of it was in the car and I could hear Alan laughing and I felt his presence very strongly. For the last month, Laura well I met Alan with Aldous and it must have been probably in 1957 or 58. We were in San Francisco and we went to…

…yes a truly religious man and I'm much indebted to him because for me he was a great teacher and a lovely man. Laura well a friend of mine called him the playboy of the eastern world. Virginia Pfeiffer did that. That's wonderful, yes and that's what…

…biography of her husband Aldous Huxley, and this interview was recorded by kpfa at the home of Alan Watts in sausalito. Laura I've been reading your book, this timeless moment, with extraordinary fascination. I don't think I've ever read a biography quite…

…in all his way of being even of dressing. I mean the outer signs of course there can be many. Well to tell you the truth Laura when I first met him, it was in Hollywood and he came out in the most decrepit old pants in a run down shirt, and of…