People in New York pay attention to national issues – a huge percentage of people. Sydney Schanberg Read Quote
Lacey didn’t like it, even though he was born here, I understand. I mean, he was born in Brooklyn. He told the staff that they better prepare themselves to say goodbye to some of their friends. Sydney Schanberg Read Quote
Lacey had this huge chip on his shoulder. He walked into the room thinking that the people didn’t welcome him and didn’t like him. He gave the impression that he didn’t understand the Voice and New York, and he didn’t want to. Sydney Schanberg Read Quote
It’s very easy to say that something is a shadow of itself, and it may be true in some senses. Sydney Schanberg Read Quote
Lacey said if he wanted to read a daily or regular critiques of the Bush administration, he would read the New York Times, and that’s not what he wanted in the Village Voice. Sydney Schanberg Read Quote
I don’t see any move toward international pressure to stabilize the situation. Sydney Schanberg Read Quote
I asked him, How could we have a press column if we can’t write about other work done in the press? Sydney Schanberg Read Quote
You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn’t call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on. Sydney Schanberg Read Quote