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All Quotes by author - Ahmet Zappa
" At 12 I dropped out of school but I had lost interest in it at a much earlier age. For me, school was very very stressful. "
Me
Lost
Age
" I collect things that just look retarded. "
Look
Just
Things
" I definitely have managed to overcome dyslexia now to become a fully functional human being but things were a lot more difficult when I was younger. "
Difficult
Overcome
Now
" I didn't read at all until I was 12. I just couldn't. It was too frustrating. "
Read
Just
Frustrating
" I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible. "
Mother
Me
Bed
" I miss my Dad. My Dad loved cheesy monster movies, so we'd have Godzilla movie marathons. Those are some of my favorite memories, laughing at how the monster outfits were so bad, like black garbage bags for heads. "
Loved
Memories
Movies
" I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it. "
Wanted
More
Read
" I think what my father appreciated was the science experiment of life. He had these kids, and they had their own experiences. He wanted us to discover the world for ourselves. "
Think
Father
Life
" I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick. "
Me
Writing
Book
" I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone. "
Everyone
Off
Ideas
" My father would often work all night and sleep during the day, so for us, dinner might be pancakes, and breakfast might be beef stroganoff. "
Breakfast
Day
Father
" My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them. "
Appreciate
Healthy
Parents
" The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence. "
I Am
Together
Like
" When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn that in. I got praised for my imagination. "
Turn
Up
Imagination
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