Quotes without context, from the forthcoming (368-page) August St. Louis Magazine:
1. "The padding is on the front for breasts and on the side for hips, and I get a very large shelf-type butt." (Hairspray actress Edna Turnblad, in "(The Muny Makes Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman")
2. "Bring water, a sense of humor--and baby powder" (Writer Sarah Truckey, in "Bikers in the Buff")
3. "I can put my recliner on the back porch and just keep throwing the Frisbee." (Author Randy Grim, in "Failed Rescues")
4. "The puffins are more skittish, so we use a paste." (The Zoo's "Reneé Van Deven, in "What It's Like To Be The Penguin Whisperer")
5. "I am not going to play myself. No. I want the movie to succeed!" (Chemist/memoirist Shri Thanedar, in "Screen Dream")
6. "Bottom line--I pretty much ignore her on Facebook," Pat Kiernan, in "Of Couples and Computers")
7. "How could anyone show how physical culture has improved the body if the body is clothed?" (Bernarr Macfadden, in "Pumping Iron")
8. "Steve Drake likes to refer to the farmers' market as a 'fruit stand,' just because he doesn't want to give it any credence." (Valley Park Mayor Grant Young, in "'That Other Mayor'")
9. "Are we allowed to say that it's like a culinary ménage a trois?" (The dining writers, in "The Best Small-Plate Dining in St.Louis")
10. "It was a funny triumph for a guy who started out selling bug poison." (Stefene Russell, in "Clay & Flash Paper")
11. "I think they think I'm sweeter than I am. I cuss a lot." (Mary Engelbreit, in "A Conversation With Mary Engelbreit")
12. "Hey, it's the restaurant business. We're all a bunch of functioning crazy people." (Babalu's Snack Shack's Dana Holland, in "Kitchen Q&A")
13. "Would the wrestling theme, billed as 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' meets Wrestling at the Chase,' mean any danger of, say, flying people or chairs?" (Writer Margaret Bauer, in "Smackdown!")
