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
'Hairspray' maybe did change people's minds, and that's how you get your political enemies to change their minds - by making them… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I built my [early] career on negative reviews. There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the… — 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 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 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
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
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 keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I've been an art collector since the Sixties, and I kept it very separate from my showbusiness career. I've had art shows… — 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
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
Insider can be more ludicrous. How did I ever end up [as one]? Carsick [Waters's book on hitchhiking] was on the New… — John Waters Copy Share Image
The only way I've learned to change anyone's mind politically is to make them laugh. My whole career has been about that. — John Waters Copy Share Image
I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled to have a completely new audience that I can get from Court TV, without it being my own trial. That… — John Waters Copy Share Image
"Family" this and "family" that. If I had a family I'd be furious that moral busybodies are taking the perfectly good word… — John Waters Copy Share Image
Anytime you make someone laugh or satirize something, it's the best way to change someone's opinion because they're defenseless - they laugh,… — 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
I'm always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I… — John Waters Copy Share Image
To me, racist jokes are not funny. I am politically correct, in a weird way. I like to push the boundaries that… — John Waters Copy Share Image
There is still such a thing as subversive. Subversive makes hip people nervous. It's something new that scares you in a good… — 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
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