All John Waters Quotes
- I came from a generation where women were almost deified, and like Groucho Marx's line, "I wouldn't want to be a member of a club… Came
- I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time. Carries
- I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor? Bar
- My idea of rich is that you can buy every book you ever want without looking at the price and you're never around assholes. That's… Assholes
- I like rap music. But bragging about being rich to poor people is really offensive. I want to hear a rap song about buying a… Bragging
- 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 that. I've also… Baltimore
- Don’t sleep with people who don’t read. Don T
- Even illegal weapons have lost their panache. Zip guns and shanks were at least homemade. Where is the craft in a grade-schooler firing a magnum?… Anymore
- 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 very important. Book
- Censorship has been my best press agent my whole life. Agent
- I've signed dicks, asses, parole cards, a colostomy bag while it was still pumping. A couple of years ago, I signed a bloody Tampax. That's… Ago
- Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you. Change
- No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There's no such thing as a good long joke. Comedy
- It's been 50 years since I was on the roof of my parents' house shooting Hag in a Black Leather Jacket when I didn't even… Been
- I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision. Berserk
- You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out kind of good. Cell
- I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I think one day… Art
- If you purposefully look to shock people, it isn't funny. That's what 50 million dollar Hollywood comedies do ; try to be shocking and dirty. Comedies
- It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after. Easy
- Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD. Acting
- Roman Candles was shown in a church, and so was Eat Your Makeup, so was Mondo Trasho, and so was Multiple Maniacs (1970). It's hard… Bowery
- I built a career on negative reviews. I didn't get a good review ever until Fran Lebowitz gave me a good review in Interview. That… Built
- There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. All
- An underground hit didn't make any money and it cost a dollar to get in. Any
- You have to remember the police used to raid and arrest the audience for seeing Scorpio Rising (1964), or Jack Smith movies. Wouldn't that be… Arrest