Below, two quotes from the same day's New York Times. I set out to write about them and what they reveal and imply about us newbie, if somewhat belligerent, millennialists. The more I wrote, the more I realized I was wasting time and words. The two quotes, set side by side, say everything, with total clarity:

"I don’t need a job. Making this movie is not a job. I don’t have to work again, if I don’t want to. So I only make the movies I want to make, when it’s fun. Because if you’re not gonna have fun, why do it?"
          —Quentin Tarantino, on the Beijing set of his new movie;
              New York Times, Sept. 5, 2002.

"It’s not that I like to study. I have to."
          —Seiji Ozawa, 67, recently retired conductor of the Boston
              Symphony, on why he’s spending so much time preparing
              for his new position as conductor of the Vienna State Opera;
              New York Times, Sept. 5, 2002.

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