I've been arrested several times. I've been known to dress in ludicrous fashions. I've also built a career out of negative reviews. — John Waters Copy Share Image
A hair-hopper is someone who pretends they're rich, who really wasn't brought up very wealthy but now tries to brag that they're… — John Waters Copy Share Image
How come there's no terrorism with humor, which is a great way to humiliate your enemy? It's a great time for that. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time. — John Waters Copy Share Image
In sixth grade, I went to a very good private school, and I did learn there. I learned how to read and… — 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
Anyone from my past I'm interested in, I've already stalked their homes. I like to go outside. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I came from a generation where women were almost deified, and like Groucho Marx's line, "I wouldn't want to be a member… — John Waters Copy Share Image
New York was scarier than Baltimore ever was. It was terrible in the '70s. I'm glad they cleaned it up. I got… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The only time I had a normal boyfriend was during the time of AIDS, so maybe that saved me. It's certainly not… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I am on the road all the time. Whether I'm in Paris or in a small college town in Texas, I can't… — 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
I love radical theorists. But at the same time, I don't agree with them a lot, but I love their theories. I… — 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
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
Hitchhiking, intrinsically, is sexual and dangerous. At the same time I never really felt scared. I was scared that nobody would pick… — John Waters Copy Share Image
It's time now to rent a car, roll down the windows and prepare for your first big thrill: the freeways. They're so… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I liked speed. I was on black beauties all the time. Nothing bad happened to me. I didn't become a drug addict… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Good actors, actually, in real life, are shy and very quiet people a lot of the time. — John Waters Copy Share Image
...Don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth,… — 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
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
