Edited by David Harriman  Foreword by Leonard Peikoff
 

"Rarely has a writer and thinker of the stature of Ayn Rand afforded us access to her most intimate thoughts and feelings. From Journals of Ayn Rand, we gain an invaluable new understanding and appreciation of the woman, the artist, and the philosopher, and of the enduring legacy she has left us."

"Rand comes vibrantly to life as an untried screenwriter in Hollywood, creating stories that reflect her youthful vision of the world. We see her painful memories of communist Russia and her struggles to convey them in We the Living. Most fascinating is the intricate, step-by-step process through which she created the plots and characters of her two masterworks, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and the years of painstaking research that imbued the novels with their powerful authenticity."

"Complete with reflections on her legendary screenplay concerning the making of the atomic bomb and tantalizing descriptions of projects cut short by her death, Journals of Ayn Rand illuminates the mind and heart of an extraordinary woman as no biography or memoir ever could. On these vivid pages, Ayn Rand lives. "

The purpose of this web site is to serve as a forum for discussion of the ideas in the newly released Journals of Ayn Rand (JAR).

The opinions expressed within this site are those of the respective authors, and may not necessarily be those of Ayn Rand. For Miss Rand's views in her own words please refer to her published works.

Journal Excerpt: Life In Russia
"At that time conditions were a little better than they have become since. In my time we were a bunch of ragged, starved, dirty, miserable people who had only two thoughts in our mind. That was our complete terror- afraid to look at one another, afraid to say anything for fear of who is listening and would report us- and where to get the next meal..."

A Professor of Philosophy Comments
on the NY Times Book Review 15 Nov 97

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