Dennis Ritchie gave very few interviews, but I was lucky enough to be able to get one of them.
Back in 2000, when I was editor of C++ Report, I interviewed the creators of C, C++, and Java all together:
The C Family of Languages: Interview with Dennis Ritchie, Bjarne Stroustrup, and James Gosling
This article appeared in Java Report, 5(7), July 2000 and C++ Report, 12(7), July/August 2000.
Their extensive comments — on everything from language history and design (of course) and industry context and crystal-ball prognostication, to personal preferences and war stories and the first code they ever wrote — are well worth re-reading and remarkably current now, some 11 years on.
As far as I know, it’s the only time these three have spoken together. It’s also the only time a feature article ran simultaneously in both C++ Report and Java Report.
Grab a cup of coffee, fire up your tablet, and enjoy.
Sutter’s Mill 
Should all be there.
Hi Herb, is the interview link somewhat broken? I’m only seeing part of the interview, abruptly truncat…
“”Well, I never had to learn C….” :)