Frankie: Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! See, this is why Brick would rather live with the Fergusons. They're probably at a classical concert in a park right now eating fancy cheese out of a basket, not trying to freeze each other's body parts.
Brick: I don't want to live with the Fergusons.
Frankie: You don't?
Brick: I've been thinking about it, and they're actually kind of boring. You guys make life interesting. Besides, no great author ever came from a functional family. You people are gonna make great characters in my book someday.