ALISON PILL

J—Gotcha. Have you ever done an interview before?

A—No.

J—What if you could interview someone? Who would it be? Besides me?

A—[laughs] It would be, uh… I don’t know. Who would I interview?

J—Let’s say living… narrow it down.

A—Okay, let’s narrow it down to living…‘cause, The Red Book, by Jung is now out in release, but it was unpublished during his lifetime. Anyway, he’s not alive, not that he would be my first interview, but he just opened up a whole, other dead person category. But in terms of living people, ummm…That’s a tricky question.

J—Maybe you want to interview someone who just read The Red Book?

A—[laughs] Maybe Hugo Chavez. He’d be interesting for me to interview.

J—That would be a good interview.

A—Yeah.

J—And boxing match.

A—He’s supposed to be incredibly charming. And I would be fascinated to meet him. Him and Karl Rove.

J—Why those two? Especially Rove.

A—I would say one new resolution is to try and empathize with the other side of whatever side I’m on.

J—That’s funny you say that, because you seem like the most empathetic person in the world.

A—[laughs]

J—So, I’ve got some shorter questions for you. What’s the last joke you heard? And retell it. No matter how bad it is.

A—No! I can’t.

J—Come on, there’s no joke rating on this magazine.

A—Yeah, but I can’t because I know exactly what the last joke I heard was. And it involves The Miracle Worker and it’s a Helen Keller joke and will not tell it.

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