Annie Sprinkle

It's a pity that there's such a negative connotation about paying for sex.

— Annie Sprinkle

Some men can be very rude. On the other hand, some clients are absolute angels. One john always brought me a gift…

— Annie Sprinkle

I'd like to see feminism really be more loving. Feminists have a lot of righteous anger, and have done a lot to…

— Annie Sprinkle

I had orgasms with clients, even though it was kind of a taboo at that time to admit it. Women weren't supposed…

— Annie Sprinkle

The single most important key to sex that I've yet discovered is conscious rhythmic breathing; the more you breathe the more you…

— Annie Sprinkle

People who have been prostitutes are ten times more willing to be johns than the average person. So, if you've been paid…

— Annie Sprinkle

Blow jobs are okay, but kissing clients is still a taboo.

— Annie Sprinkle

I usually kissed my clients if they wanted to kiss. I thought it was just way too weird to say "no kissing…

— Annie Sprinkle

I met him when I was 18. We split up when I was 38. He saw me grow up too. He was…

— Annie Sprinkle

There's a lot of pain and suffering out there. I think there needs to be more joy, and love, and orgasms in…

— Annie Sprinkle

I don't think being obsessed with sex is any stranger than being obsessed with stamp collecting.

— Annie Sprinkle

I had many clients who didn't respect me, probably because of how they were raised. We're all the walking wounded.

— Annie Sprinkle

In my theater pieces, I would do "Tits on the Head" - Polaroid photos for $10 on the stage. There would be…

— Annie Sprinkle

I love to engage people who think differently than I do.

— Annie Sprinkle

Whores do sometimes break up with their johns.

— Annie Sprinkle

Whores have the ability to put up with behaviors other women would never manage to put up with. That's why we deserve…

— Annie Sprinkle

I've been putting out sexually explicit images of myself for years. I know this sounds bizarre, but somehow it makes me feel…

— Annie Sprinkle

I had this client I'll call Samuel. Not his real name. I saw him steadily for twenty years, usually twice a month.…

— Annie Sprinkle

A lot of women I worked with didn't respect their clients. I had some clients who didn't respect me, but still you…

— Annie Sprinkle

Feel free to cover your eyes at anything that might upset you

— Annie Sprinkle

There have been times where I have definitely felt like I was a john. As a pin-up photographer for ten years, when…

— Annie Sprinkle

Sex is normal and natural, and we've made it abnormal and unnatural.

— Annie Sprinkle

My johns adored and worshipped me, therefore they empowered me. When I was 18, 19, and 20, I had a poor self-image…

— Annie Sprinkle

My whole purpose is to bring what's hidden out in the open so people can look at it and discuss it. And…

— Annie Sprinkle