“We call it the doll formerly known as Barbie.”
–Norita Bergmann, a member of the Great Lakes chapter of the Barbie Collectors’ Club, on how the group has responded to being forced by Mattel Inc. to remove the doll’s name from the Barbie Grants a Wish benefit it hosts to raise money for charity by auctioning off the dolls
“It’s good. But I’m prettier.”
Judge Judy Sheindlin, host of the courtroom show “Judge Judy,” on competitor “The Peo-
ple’s Court,” now hosted by former New York mayor Ed Koch
“I can’t stand frills. I want them to look tough. So those are my girls — little biker chicks.”
fashion designer Shelli Segal, on dressing her twin daughters, nearly 2, in black leather jackets and tank tops
“I think life is difficult and that is that. I am not at all — absolutely not at all — interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness, but its opposite.”
–novelist Jamaica Kincaid, on her work
“Once, I got out a hot-glue gun and made clothespin reindeer for my son’s school carnival. . .When they didn’t sell, the teachers let me take them home.”
–actress Jean Smart, who stars in CBS’ “Style & Substance,” as a Martha Stewart-esque homemaking expert, on her real-life lack of skill
