Blake Facey

“At that moment the power of reading made itself clear and real to me. If I could see the words, then no one could control them or what I got from them. They couldn’t even know if I was merely seeing them or reading them, sounding them out or comprehending them. It was a completely private affair and completely free and, therefore, completely subversive.”
― Percival Everett, James

“One thing to remember about this prediction: “President Trump” was the punchline to the setup, “What’s the dumbest thing we could imagine America doing?” When the news of the world becomes jokes on The Simpsons, that’s satire. But when jokes on The Simpsons become the news of the world—well, that’s just fucked up.”
― Mike Reiss, Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons

“I don’t know whether Schiele or Klimt ever met Hitler, but I had a mustache joke I wanted to use, and goddammit, any chance to make fun of Hitler is a chance you have to take.”
― Christopher Moore, Anima Rising

“I can’t imagine a dolphin actually wants to spend its life being hugged by a parade of drunken podiatrists and preteen girls, and I didn’t want to spend any time in a line with members of either group to do the same thing.”
― John Scalzi, Starter Villain