Anne Heller - Ayn Rand and the World She Made

not anticipated the emptiness she felt:BBTBI.

“It’s the kids!”:Author interview with RBH, May 26, 2005.

wasn’t aware that he was behaving seductively: JD , p. 105.

“I was so cautious”: JD , p. 62.

“If Ayn had designs on Nathaniel”:Author correspondence with BB, November 8, 2006.

the third and final part of the novel:At the time, “Atlantis” was the beginning of part 2; the novel was originally planned in two parts (Ayn Rand Papers, LOC, box 9, folder 1).

expected to see it at sixteen: AS , p. 643.

“He says … I can’t live without you!”: JD , p. 107.

long drive in Frank’s new Cadillac convertible:Author interview with NB, April 3, 2008.

whose surroundings contributed to the topography:In a letter to philosopher JH written in August 1960, AR noted that she had marked Ouray on a map of Colorado as the right place for Galt’s Gulch “long before I saw it.” She added, “It is the most beautifully dramatic spot in the whole state,” although “Galt’s Valley would be somewhat larger” (LOAR , p. 509).

provided a model for the revolutionary new motor:AR’s proofreader, the ex-marine Evan Wright, who was also an electrical engineer, remembered that AR was still looking for a new source of power for Galt’s invention in 1951 and that in discussions they eliminated lightning as too difficult to capture (100 Voices , Evan Wright, p. 142).

Dr. Stadler’s terrifying weapon:“Death Ray for Planes,” NYT , September 22, 1940, p. D7.

“He uncuffed it for dinner”:Author interview with Connie Papurt, September 21, 2004.

On October 24, they took occupancy:Letter to Pincus Berner, October 12, 1951 (LOAR , p. 494).

who were to live at the ranch while they were away:The Hills moved into the Chatsworth house in summer 1952 (100 Voices , RBH, p. 127).

gave their convertible car to Branden:Author interview with NB, April 3, 2008.

aware of having reservations:Author interview with BB, November 2, 2006.

enrolled at NYU: TPOAR , p. 249.

“I wanted it desperately”:Author interview with BB, November 2, 2006.

“The Fountain Pen, by Frank O’Connor”:Author interview with RBH, May 26, 2005.

insisted on paying rent:Undated note from RBH to BB, courtesy of MSC.

In 1962: 100 Voices , RBH, p. 129.

for a price of $175,000: TPOAR , p. 186.

“That property was his business and his world”:Author interview with RBH, June 8, 2005.

“She said it too insistently”: TPOAR , p. 251.

“Francisco, the Lobbyist”:Mary Ann and Charles Sures, Facets of Ayn Rand (Irvine, Calif.: ARI Press, 2001), p. 117.

began to paint—figures, city-scapes: Facets of Ayn Rand , p. 118.

heaped from countertops:Author correspondence with RBH, August 2005.

apart from whatever they may have taken:Ruth Beebe Hill, “Shared Moments with a Famous Author,” The Journal of the San Juan Islands , July 23, 1986, p. 1.

cats sharpened their claws: Facets of Ayn Rand , pp. 40–41.

bill collectors sometimes showed up:Author interview with Roberta Satro, July 20, 2006.

job to pay the bills: TPOAR , p. 252.

natural and charming:Author interview with Iris Bell, March 8, 2004; Facets of Ayn Rand , p. 46.

foyer doubled as the dining room:Mary Ann Sures, “Portrait of an Artist,” Impact , September 1997, p. 1.

see the Empire State Building: Facets of Ayn Rand , pp. 32–33; TPOAR , p. 251.

launched into a spirited discussion of John Galt: JD , pp. 109–10.

“One does not approach a god too closely”: JD , p. 109.

Rand had written back:Author interview with BB, December 16, 2005.

“a pain that … was excruciating”: JD , pp. 110–13.

Barbara remembered Rand’s manner:Note from BB to author, November 7, 2006.

become her “moral mentor”:“The Liberty Interview: Barbara Branden,” Liberty , January 1990, p. 55.

refrain from seeking his mentor’s advice again:Author interview with BB, November 2, 2006.

should have ended their relationship that night: JD , p. 111.

“He was going to help me”:“The Liberty Interview: Barbara Branden,” p. 55. Interview quote was altered slightly for grammatical correctness, at the request of the subject.

“expand our circle”: MYWAR , p. 108.

German and Polish Jew:Justin Martin, Greenspan: The Man Behind the Money (Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus, 2000), p. 3.

“Alan had his own relationship with her”:From taped, unpublished interviews by journalist JW in preparation for a CBC special report on the tenth anniversary of AR’s death, titled Ideas: The Legacy of Ayn Rand (1992).

they dressed with care:Author correspondence with Al Ramrus, March 1, 2007.

“Is Roark idealistic”: MYWAR , p. 60.

“total awe, as though I were on a different planet”: Ideas and Action , videotaped interview with LP by James Valliant, WJM Productions, August 5, 1995.

her deepening interest in Nathaniel Branden:In an author interview with two of NB’s sisters and Jonathan Hirschfeld, a nephew, in Toronto in August 2006, Hirschfeld, who knew the group members well, said, “I think that, for her, the main draw was NB. I suspect that the rest of it happened and she participated and she cared, but she didn’t need [a following].”

“I’ve always seen [the Collective]:BBTBI.

at a pivotal point:Rand was writing part III, chapter 2, “The Utopia of Greed” (Ayn Rand Papers, LOC, box 9, folder 4; begun November 6, 1951).

the strain could cost her two or three days’ work: TPOAR , p. 255.

“When I’m writing”: JD , p. 120.

“What? What is it?”:Author interview with BB, November 2, 2006.

politely raised their hands:In and Out of Books, “Class of ‘43,” p. 136.

“It was the world of Atlas Shrugged”: Author interview with NB, August 10, 2004.

returned to their new studio apartment: TPOAR , p. 253–54.

some of Nathaniel’s relatives noticed:Author interview with NB’s sisters Florence Hirschfeld and EK, August 25, 2006. In a December 2005 interview, BB told the author that both NB’s and LP’s mothers were jealous of AR. “They knew that if [their sons] had to choose, they would probably choose Ayn.”

“he liked Ayn better than he liked her”:Author interview with Florence Hirschfeld, Jonathan Hirschfeld, and EK, August 25, 2006.

165 East Thirty-fifth Street: MYWAR , p. 100.