Kipen, David. "Flawed look at career of blacklisted director", San Francisco Chronicle, 29 de agosto de 2001. Página acessada em 14-9-2009. "The American 20th century went to high school at DeWitt Clinton High in the Bronx. Multicultural before there was a name for it -- at least a polite one --Clinton nurtured such diverse and influential figures as Bill Graham, James Baldwin, George Cukor, Neil Simon and Abraham Lincoln Polonsky."