Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?

I always say you need something weird on your face and some good shoes and nobody looks in the middle.

A lot of kids are moving to Baltimore, because we have a great music scene and we've got edge. Come on down, we've got scary edge. But great edge - it's still a city you can be a bohemian in.

The worst thing you can do is make a cult movie. That means you got three great reviews and nobody went. An art film means it got a lot of good reviews and nobody went. There is no such thing as a counter culture now. What used to be considered that is commercial now.

...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.

Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves?

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.