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
Yeah, I know I should be fighting for gay rights, but who wants to join the army or get married anyway? — 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
It took me a while to figure it out, but to have a real hit on Broadway, you have to get the… — 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
I hitchhiked at high school. My parents thought was a perfectly normal thing to do even though God knows I got blown… — John Waters Copy Share Image
You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The first real thing was Divine as Jackie Kennedy [in Eat Your Makeup]. His mother found the bloody Jackie Kennedy outfit in… — John Waters Copy Share Image
It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when… — 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
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
I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I have to talk about my movies. I have to give interviews to promote what I'm doing. But no one really knows… — John Waters Copy Share Image
So many great people are dead, and so many assholes I know are still alive. Karma's bullshit. I wish it was true,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I've had a pretty amazing life, a good life, and God knows I'm thankful, but I do believe that after 30, stop… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I don't know how I made those movies. I went out every single night, I smoked pot every single day. I drank.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm a film director. Gay is an adjective that I certainly am, but I don't know that it's my first one. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm perpetual tourist, and that's the best way to travel. Nobody gets used to you, you make new friends without having to… — 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