If there's anyone I would take an advice from, it would definitely be John Waters.
Yes, see a fucked up movie a.k.a. spend a day and watch all of his films. Actually, no. I don't recommend watching his filmography in just one sitting but if you can handle the fucked-upness then go on, my friend.
On reading:
“It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.”
— John Waters
“You should never read just for ‘enjoyment.’ Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends’ insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick “hard books.” Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god’s sake, don’t let me ever hear you say, ‘I can’t read fiction. I only have time for the truth.’ Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of ‘literature’? That means fiction, too, stupid.”
— John Waters, Role Models
"If you go home with someone, and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ‘em!" - John Waters
and lastly,
"Cheer up. You never know — maybe something awful will happen tomorrow."
