In this interview, Howard Levine freely associates his life history, medical and psychoanalytic training and remembers inspirational encounters. Levine emphasizes the theoretical shift from the Freudian paradigm, to the Bionian model and then to Metabionian thought. He speaks about his encounter with European psychoanalysis and how this has enriched his thought and practice. Levine also evokes the importance of the social environment and his implications in social activities. He concludes the interview with comments on his relation to writing and editing the multiple voices of psychoanalysis.