James R. Oestreich Variations on Chance, Anarchy and Silence, The New York Times, Sunday, 25 January 2004, AR 25, 2004, 1987
"Thoreau was very happy to be little known while he was alive. He said it enabled him to do what he had to do. I'm now very well known. It makes me very happy, because I'm able to do what I have to do."
"Thus a self-analysis of John Cage, rendered in 1987 in the brief film 19 Questions, by Frank Scheffer and Andrew Culver. Not incidentally, that response was 23 seconds long, as dictated by Cagian chance operations imposed on the interview. The other replies ranged from one second (on Octavio Paz: "Indian") to 48 seconds.
"19 Questions is one of four Cage films by Mr. Scheffer and Mr. Culver on a new DVD from Mode Records (www.mode.com), From Zero."