Michael Patrick King Quotes

I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.

We need to have a taste factor in our life. It isn't about what's popular; it's about what's really good.

To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal.

Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: 'Is it good? Does it give pleasure?'

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.

As a child, I did not like chocolate.

You can't like everything! You hate some stuff! Say what you hate! Like, I hate Pitbull, and I don't care!

Don't like lychees.

I don't watch horror movies, I just don't like them.

Oh I've never liked candy corn, I think it's just awful - I think candy corn's awful.

I hate the opera. I think I must have a tin ear. No matter how hard I concentrate it still sounds like a bunch of Italian chefs screaming risotto recipes at each other.

Life, as the signs in the liquor stores say, is too short to drink bad wine. And summer is too short to read bad books.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I’m the thing you most desire, you represent the thing I least desire, death. It’s just the opposite of love.

Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire.

It seems with wit and good-nature, Utrum horum mavis accipe. Taste and good-nature are universally connected.

Choose, but don't want.

Or. I hate that word. It’s two letters long and stuffed to the gills with reasonable doubt.

I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.

Hang on, did you just call me Angel?" I asked. "If I did?" "I don't like it." He grinned. "It stays, Angel.

I think that's what we love about the vodka, is that it's consistent. It's consistent in its pureness and that's how I tie it to restaurants.

Heaven forbid! -- That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do not wish me such an evil.

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.