[I] pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value. - John Waters

It wasn't until I started reading ... that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.

We're husky, we're hairy, we're homosexual, and out of the second closet.

"You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick "hard books." Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god's sake, don't let me ever hear you say, "I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth." Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of "literature"? That means fiction, too, stupid."