People who can. People who do.
Fluke, Juno Reactor, Kronos Quartet, Sunn 0))), The Decemberists, The Melvins, Killing Joke, The Cramps, Miles Davis, T. Raumschmiere, Shinjuku Thief, Patti Smith, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and A Silver Mt. Zion, Mogwai, Shellac, Porter Ricks, Gry w/FM Einheit &His Orchestra, GAS, Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, Mum, Floater, Radiohead, Coil, Nausea, Bad Brains. Bad Brains fuckin RAWK, yo!
The Night of the Hunter, The Triplets of Belleville, The Manchurian Candidate (Sinatra version), Fallen Angels, 2046, Jacob's Ladder, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover, Blue Velvet, The Reflecting Skin, Tetsuo:The Iron Man, Brazil, Mad Max, The Getaway, Delicatessan, Vanishing Point, Amorres Perros, Sexy Beast, City of God, City of Lost Children, Zoolander, The Proposition, Freeway, Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan, Grindhouse, all the Brothers Quay work, all the Chris Cunningham videos, tons of other stuff.
No way. Well, I did watch Twin Peaks when it came out on video. Also Six Feet Under. Three seasons back to back. That's all.
Hakim Bey (T.A.Z.), J.G. Ballard, Donna Tartt, Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Conner, Paul Bowles, David Sedaris, Peter Hoeg, Joseph Campbell, Joyce Carol Oates (mostly her short stories. I met her! She was tiny and intense, just like you'd imagine...), Jorge Luis Borges, Dave McKean (for someone who's known as a visual artist, Cages was one of the most well written things I've read in a while), Jaime Hernandez, Ted McKeever's early work. Also way to many other authors to list here.
The DIY enthusiasts, the self-made, the path forgers, the pioneers. Amy Sedaris, Joseph Campbell, Robert Rodriguez, Terry Gilliam, Edward Kienholtz, Kent Williams, Steve Albini, G.I Gurdjieff, Carl Jung, Ayn Rand, David Lynch, Ernest Shackleton, Richard Corben, Jello Biafra, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Dave McKean, Egon Schiele, James Jean, Spike Lee, Odd Nerdrum, Sam Peckinpah.