JP Miller

On his early life and influences; on reading and books being an escape during his childhood; on learning he wanted to be a writer, and on selling his first story

On how the great depression and World War II impacted him; on his early writing; on his college education

On listening to the radio early on, and on live theater he enjoyed; on plays he wrote early on; on attending Yale Drama School

On getting hurt while fighting in World War II; on the people he met at Yale Drama school, and on moving to New York City; on writing his first teleplay for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

On his family life in New York City, and his first television job writing Man Against Crime; on seeing Kim Stanley in various productions on stage and on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse; on writing "A Game of Hide and Seek" for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse produced by Fred Coe

On what made great live television; on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse producer Fred Coe

On drinking in live television; on ownership of his scripts, and on the production of “A Game of Hide and Seek" for Fred Coe's Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse; on how New York City writers regarded Hollywood writers

On meeting the other television writers of his day, including Paddy Chayefsky; on great Golden Age television producers Fred Coe and Herbert Brodkin; on the writers of the classic anthology series in the '50s, including Paddy Chayefsky and Horton Foote

On fellow television writers Tad Mosel and Sumner Locke Elliott, and on learning from other writers; on his experience being a writer during the Golden Age of Television; on writing "The Rabbit Trap" for Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

On working with directors Delbert Mann and Arthur Penn, and other directors of the era; on working with the actors and directors of TV's Golden Age; on the start of his writing "Days of Wine and Roses" for Playhouse 90

On writing the Playhouse 90 teleplay "The Days of Wine and Roses"; on doing research for the Playhouse 90 teleplay "The Days of Wine and Roses"; on Cliff Robertson as "Joe Clay" in Days of Wine and Roses

On John Frankenheimer directing his Playhouse 90 teleplay "The Days of Wine and Roses," and on working with Piper Laurie on the show; on making his acting debut on the Playhouse 90 episode "Days of Wine and Roses"; on the low expectations the network had for the show, and on the feature film version

On the title of Playhouse 90's "Days of Wine and Roses"; on the importance of the writer during TV's Golden Age; on the end of TV's Golden Age, and how the advent of videotape changed television

On film's impact on expanding the scope and action of television; on writing "Yellow Jack" for Producers' Showcase

On the Playhouse 90 production "The Comedian"; on live television mishaps; on the Hollywood Blacklist, and on his friend Zero Mostel's experience with the Blacklist

On what was the key to the Golden Age of Television; on writing Helter Skelter and Beulah Land; on ending his television career, and on his novel

On various people he encountered in his career

On some of the people he worked with over his career; on dealing with censorship in his career