I'm certainly not going to tell other people what they should do with their own personal lives. I think it's certainly easier… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Fame is protection if you go to a scary place. Fame is fun. A lot of people don't say anything and you… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's all independent films. There aren't any! If they were looking for me when I was making Polyester, then it'd… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I never got along in school, really - I already knew what I wanted to do. I have never in my life… — John Waters Copy Share Image
God knows if you could start a new sex act that's more important than making a good movie. — John Waters Copy Share Image
So to make movies, if you're first goal is to make money, well you can! Make a tent-pole movie that China wants.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I have no interest in ever making a movie I didn't write. If they were going to take my house away, then… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you ever go home with somebody and they don't have books in their house, don't sleep with them. I think that's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you think someone's trying too hard, that's the worst thing they can do. To me, it's just desperate, never funny and… — John Waters Copy Share Image
To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits while watching one of my films, it's like getting… — John Waters Copy Share Image
You have to remember the police used to raid and arrest the audience for seeing Scorpio Rising (1964), or Jack Smith movies.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Valentine's Day is my mother's birthday. If I'm wildly in love, I've sent people chicken hearts, which seems to appeal to the… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be called an outsider so I'm a proud insider. If I was young I'd be in my parents' house… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you're not sure you could love your children, please don't have them, because they might grow up and kill us. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I was always flattered, but I just want my movies to make money. I want to be commercial. I'm never the person… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Ever feel like killing somebody just to see if you could get away with it? Sure, you have. Everybody has little things… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I couch-surfed for years. But I always wanted to live in Baltimore; I still do. If I had to choose, it would… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do; try to be shocking… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you. — John Waters Copy Share Image
And my little sister Chrissy, for teaching me that life is nothing if you're not obsessed. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don't… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The way I photograph... in many ways it's directed by chance and all my mistakes, which are often the best stuff. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I used to run away to New York from Baltimore all the time. I would get on the Greyhound bus and tell… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if… — John Waters Copy Share Image
If you want to be an artist, go to every art gallery, if you want to be in movies, see movies! You… — John Waters Copy Share Image
There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm here today because of LSD. LSD gave me the confidence to be who I am today. Completely. — John Waters Copy Share Image
When I was young, there were bars called the 'Hungry Hole,' and in those same neighbourhoods are now gay people pushing baby carriages. — John Waters Copy Share Image
True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks. — John Waters Copy Share Image
Around '62 in Baltimore, all the girls had those big hairdos. And then suddenly, a few of the really hip ones started doing their… — John Waters Copy Share Image
“John!?” I ask in shock. This woman recognizes me? It can’t be! “How do you know my name?” I wonder out loud. Suddenly she… — John Waters Copy Share Image
'Serial Mom' tested really well when we finally got with the right audience. But they would go to some shopping mall in a deep,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
One Christmas, Dennis Dermody, the movie critic of 'Paper,' gave me 'Rock Hudson: A Gathering of Friends,' the master invitation list from Rock Hudson's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you. — John Waters Copy Share Image
To use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm an old person because I still buy DVDs. I have every one of my albums and 45s - I even have a couple… — John Waters Copy Share Image
