Art doesn't typically get made by happy people. - Gabrielle Zevin

He had an appreciation for things other people had forgotten.

Love me? You don't even know me," A.J. says. "Little girl, you shouldn't go throwing around your love so easily.

Everyone thinks they have good taste, but most people do not have good taste. In fact, I'd argue that most people have terrible taste. When left to their own devices — literally their own devices — they read crap and they don't know the difference.