JON CARROLL

SF Gate: "Now, I know what you're going to say - those last few sentences seem a little dated. As indeed they should, since they were written by Molly Ivins in August 2006. The entire passage right up to the beginning of this paragraph was written by the late, great Molly. My using it without quotation marks might make some readers think that I had written it myself. That might even be plagiarism. Oh, but no! I am merely following the example of 'artist' Richard Prince, who, since the late '70s, has been trucking in what he calls 'appropriation art,' which roughly translated means 'I didn't do it, but I saw it, and that must count for something.'"