I believe that if a seven-year old kid has heard of Naked Lunch and is daring enough to want to read it, he’s old enough to read it.

John Waters
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I believe that if a seven-year old kid has heard of Naked Lunch and is daring enough to want to read it, he’s old enough to read it. It's the child's right to be curious. That's what gives us our first opportunity to learn. I'm not aware of anybody who ever found out something new because the adult told them so. When you tell a seven-year old kid he can't have something, he becomes determined to have it.

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