I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be 52 years old. I don't think that anybody at 16 thinks like that. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm the smartest at 8 A.M. I wake up at 6, drink three cups of Awake Tazo Tea and read five newspapers.… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I never thought I had more fun when I was young than kids are having today. I think they have just as… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think that in America there is a new movement of underground movies that wants to kick the ass of independent films… — 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 go to colleges all the time in America, and everyone's gay, and I think how can this be? And it's only… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I was thinking about sort of the similarities between "art movies" and lowbrow movies like kitschy sexploitation films. I think they share… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I always want to see films that are startling and amazing. Not just shocking. Shocking is easy to do. But startling in… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's important to visit people in prison. And if you know anyone in prison, I would encourage you very much… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think middle America has changed very, very much. I think people are way more open-minded. I think - I think it's… — John Waters Copy Share Image
It's great to be able to drive around and spy on people, which I do when I'm writing. People tell me the… — 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
I went to a Catholic high school, which, to this day, I could burn down. And I got great revenge because they… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I actually think that my films are intellectual. I think almost everything I do is intellectual, but I would never say that,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm for gay marriage. I don't want to do it, but I certainly think people should be allowed to, and I wouldn't… — 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
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
I like art that challenges you and makes a lot of people angry because they don't get it. Because they refuse to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think that young people understand me perfectly. I think that's the luckiest thing about my career, that I get older and… — 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're a parent, I tell you how to get through Christmas. I think that if you've ever had a bad feeling… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I hate it when people say, I'm an artist. I think, well, I'll be the judge of that. And I don't think… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Everyone's sex life is funny except your own. Every person's is, and yours never is. The lengths people go to — and… — 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
I think that's why I've lasted this long because I love everything I make fun of! I make fun of myself first!… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think that nobody gets mad at me anymore, no matter what I say, because I don't think I'm mean. I am… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I love hipsters! Yes, I think they're hilarious. The really cute ones try to look ugly just to prove "I can't be… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision. — John Waters Copy Share Image
How could you think of such awful things? liberal critics always ask. How else could I possibly amuse myself? I always wonder. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies. — John Waters Copy Share Image
With Hairspray, we had a great experience. I always think of the last time I saw Divine: He was in the last… — 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
You have to think of a new way to completely surprise people who think they're hip. I always said you could make… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The good guys in my movies mind their own business and they don't judge other people. And the bad guys are jealous,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
My favorite characters are people who think they're normal but they're not. I live in Baltimore, and it's full of people like… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I think the best article was the article about radical feminists being against transgender women. I found that the most fascinating article… — 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
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