Janet Maslin talks up journalist Lawrence Grobel’s The Art of the Interview. Interesting things celebrities have said to Grobel:

“I had a fantasy the other night that this interview is so great that they no longer want me to act — just do interviews. I thought of us going all over the world doing interviews — we’ve signed for three interviews a day for six weeks.” — Al Pacino

“I have two half-sisters? I only know of one.” — Drew Barrymore

“I want you out of here. And I want those goddamn tapes!” — Bob Knight

Read an excerpt on the Random House site.