My father used to say, “If you want to be different, you got to do something different.”

[snip]

You seem fairly content for an artist.
When I’m sad, I’m happy that I can be sad.
Which means what, exactly?
It’s the blues. It’s like when they say, I am going down the road to put my head on the tracks, and when the train comes along, I am going to snatch my full head back.

From Randy Cohen, the Ethicist, in the same issue:

Incidentally, if there’s a prize for pet marketing, I’d like to nominate whoever changed “Mongolian desert rat” to “gerbil.” That’s even better than “compassionate conservative.”

And finally, from an ad in the Arts & Leisure section:

“If you’re a fan of Hilary Duff, you’ll love every minute of ‘Raise Your Voice,’ because nearly every minute of the film is about her…”