Music, literature and cinema. However music primarily, I can't imagine doing anything else with my life.
There are many, Wilde and Morrissey really stick out however. They are gods, wordsmiths. As I get older, the adoration increases. People who produce that much allure, no matter what they produce or do with their lives, are very rare. I hate ordinary people. I was a strange child who couldn't function in ordinary society. It's easier to fall in love with images and myths. They don't answer back, they don't deceive you. There's no danger. I've taken precautions choosing them, and I have such good taste.
The Smtihs mean more to me than, well it bares not to think. They had 'it'. And the 'it' factor is everything in life, isn't it? I also adore 60's pop, the Beatles, Kinks, Stones, Byrds, Sandie Shaw etc.... the 60's gave us such genius songwriting, you have Baracharach and David in one corner, Lennon and McCartney in another and Holland-Dozier-Holland mulling aroung the middle, never mind Jagger/Richards and the Davies brothers. The 60's 'sound' has been a rich source of influence and it's become a bit of a cliche and thusly a bit uncool. I however will always hold a torch for 1963-1970.
I find James Dean a beautiful actor, so 'Rebel Without a Cause' is up there. Woody Allen is the last genuis of modern film. I find Micheal Moore vulgar, I stand for what he does, most whole, literate people do, however there are ways of making your voice heard. James Dean was a woman in a man's body, Micheal Moore is a pig in a man's body. Or a man in a pig's body, whichever.
Television has died, it really has. The kitchen sink drama was so good! However now all we have are extravagent, super-sillious soaps and reality tv. We need another Joe Orton or Shelagh Delaney.
Anything by Wilde, ofcourse. Joe Orton plays are always a fun read. Dostoevsky, Hugo, Kafka and Orwell are great too.
Morrissey, Peter Cook, Oscar Wilde, Lenny Bruce and Greta Garbo with a touch of Paul McCartney.