Giftedly Bad/Quotes

"Every once in a while we turn up another P.D.Q. Bach manuscript in a monastery or attic. And every time we do, we have a great feeling of anticipation, a feeling of exultation, you might say. A feeling that this new piece we've found can't possibly be as bad as the last piece. But so far, every new piece we find of his lives up to the same low standards set by the previous one."

—Peter Schickele on P.D.Q. Bach, An Evening with P.D.Q. Bach

Aram: To say that Jeriah's writings are actually poetry is much the same as saying that tripping down a flight of stairs and breaking your collar bone is ballet.
Gamal: What about the 20 minute speech comparing love to plate tectonics? Was that a poem too?

Aram: I don't even know what the hell that was.

—Men in Hats, [1]

"Of all people, Nguyen best sums up why Birdemic works in the bonus features: When an audience member sarcastically asks why his film is so awesome, he responds with one word: 'Sincerity' "

—Andrew Kasch, Dread Central's Birdemic: Shock and Terror DVD/Blu-Ray review

"It's like an art piece that shows us what Jimi Hendrix might have done if he had no talent or skill."

—mactopus, on "Confused!" by Kid Cudi