I collect things that just look retarded.

- Ahmet Zappa

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.

- Ahmet Zappa

I had this whole ritual with my mother making the bed with me inside it so I would be invisible.

- Ahmet Zappa

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…

- Ahmet Zappa

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 Sente…

- Ahmet Zappa

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.

- Ahmet Zappa

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.

- Ahmet Zappa

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 discove…

- Ahmet Zappa

I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.

- Ahmet Zappa