“Today the outlandish becomes routine overnight. The humorist is trying to say that it's still outlandish.”

“Judging by his outlandish attire, he's some sort of free-thinking anarchist.”

“Art makes the familiar strange so that it can be freshly perceived. To do this it presents its material in unexpected, even outlandish ways: the shock of the new.”

“Memoir today is like one big game of misery poker: The more outlandish, outrageous, or just plain out-there the recounted life, the more likely the book is to attract the attention of reviewers, talk-show bookers, and, ultimately, the public.”

“For a moment I relish that feeling of being someone other then myself. For one moment, someone outlandish and accepted.”

“I mean, it’s ridiculous,” Dhuey says. “It’s outlandish that our arbitrary choice of cutoff dates is causing these long-lasting effects, and no one seems to care about them.”