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There is right and there is wrong, I have NEVER been wrong (John Waters Quotes)
I love John Waters. You see, I want to be the next Divine (John Waters Quotes)
I didn’t become a drug addict because I always had to make a movie (John Waters Quotes)
The Easter Bunny is a major reason for heroin addiction in America (John Waters Quotes)
I think social justice is important. I think it’s not fair. (John Waters Quotes)
To me, beauty is looks you can never forget. A face should jolt, not soothe (John Waters Quotes)
Just make sure your children hate authority and they’ll do fine (John Waters Quotes)
[My catholic education] sticked with me. It caused the rage I had to make ‘Pink Flamingos.’ (John Waters Quotes)
John Waters has certainly gotten to a place in his life where he doesn’t do anything he doesn’t want to do. He’s always been that way, but at this point, he’s greatly respected for it (John Waters Quotes)
It was a mystery to me. To that awful black-and-white farm, with that aunt who was dressed badly, with smelly farm animals around when she could live with winged monkeys and magic shoes and gay lions. I didn’t get it (John Waters Quotes)
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 Cy Twombly painting or dating a museum curator. I want to hear about that kind of rich (John Waters Quotes)
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 lived in New York, which is full of people who think they’re crazy, but they’re completely normal (John Waters Quotes)
There was a cultural war going on, the 60s was going on. All the film critics were square (John Waters Quotes)
My own musical background is based in the blues, and in classical composition. I grew up listening to Muddy Waters, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Beethoven and Bach (John Waters Quotes)
I have no interest in cars. I have a plain, used Buick. I could run over 10 people, and you wouldn’t be able to describe my car (John Waters Quotes)
I’ve bought the same used car from the same man since I was 16 - a Buick every time. They always work, I don’t care what color it is. I don’t want people to recognize my car in case I want to commit a crime (John Waters Quotes)
William Castle and Alfred Hitchcock were the first director-personalities. Before then, nobody in America knew what a director was (John Waters Quotes)
I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getting you books. Don’t send a thank-you note, repay them with sexual activity. If the book is rare or by your favorite author or one you didn’t know about, reward them with the most perverted sex act you can think of. Otherwise, you can just make out (John Waters Quotes)
Valentine’s Day is my mother’s birthday. If I’m wildly in love, I’ve sent people chicken hearts, which seems to appeal to the kind of person that I’ve been in love with (John Waters Quotes)
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 think if you’re just a gay filmmaker, you get pigeonholed just like if you say I’m a black filmmaker, I’m a Spanish filmmaker, I’m a whatever (John Waters Quotes)
I actually did do a musical many years ago with John Waters called Cry-Baby, but technically it was only half me - it wasn’t me singing. Tim’s [ Burton] the only person brave enough to actually let me try to sing (John Waters Quotes)
My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste (John Waters Quotes)
I’ve had a pretty amazing life, a good life, and God knows I’m thankful, but I do believe that after 30, stop whining! Everybody’s dealt a hand, and it’s not fair what you get. But you’ve got to deal with it. (John Waters Quotes)
Stop blaming your parents. If you’re really angry at 60 years old, you’re an idiot! You’ve got to work some of it out. (John Waters Quotes)
Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that sells the merchandise, and, if possible, exact model numbers so they can’t go wrong. Be the type who’s impossible to buy for, so they have to get what you want. (John Waters Quotes)
I’m trying to do of a certain attitude in life. I’m against separatism. I’m for everyone to gather. I’m for everyone lunatic to hang out together. I want to hear somebody else’s bad night, not just mine. (John Waters Quotes)
I really didn’t have any bad hitchhiking experiences. The only bad experiences were standing by the road for 10 hours. I never thought I’d get a ride with a ministers wife or a coalminer or a Republican elected official. It was all pleasant surprises. The only drag was the waiting. (John Waters Quotes)
I have to talk about my movies. I have to give interviews to promote what I’m doing. But no one really knows my personal life. And if you don’t have a personal life I feel bad for you. (John Waters Quotes)
I have spoken, and I was understood. It’s not like I’m a tragic person who wasn’t understood. All those books are in print, all those movies are still out there, the audience gets younger. So I don’t have that I’ve got to do one thing before I die. I did it. (John Waters Quotes)
I liked speed. I was on black beauties all the time. Nothing bad happened to me. I didn’t become a drug addict because I always had to make a movie. We weren’t stoned when we made them; I was stoned when I made movies up. I did them all. (John Waters Quotes)