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John Waters Quotes: "When I started making movies about weird people, I knew they were weird, I was infected with irony, and I wanted New York to notice."

When I started making movies about weird people, I knew they were weird, I was infected with irony, and I wanted New York to notice.



John Waters Quotes: "I am on the road all the time. Whether I'm in Paris or in a small college town in Texas, I can't tell the difference, and that's good. You don't have to leave where you were born to be cool anymore."

I am on the road all the time. Whether I'm in Paris or in a small college town in Texas, I can't tell the difference, and that's good. You don't have to leave where you were born to be cool anymore.




John Waters Quotes: "Everything makes you who you are, so I was lucky that I had a good family that was horrified by what I wanted to do but was also supportive of it, right to the very end."

Everything makes you who you are, so I was lucky that I had a good family that was horrified by what I wanted to do but was also supportive of it, right to the very end.



John Waters Quotes: "Stupid is never that entertaining. You can be stupid and sexy, stupid and funny but he's just plain stupid. That is not remarkable, that's what I mean."

Stupid is never that entertaining. You can be stupid and sexy, stupid and funny but he's just plain stupid. That is not remarkable, that's what I mean.




John Waters Quotes: "I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story."

I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story.



John Waters Quotes: "I couch-surfed for years. But I always wanted to live in Baltimore; I still do. If I had to choose, it would always be Baltimore."

I couch-surfed for years. But I always wanted to live in Baltimore; I still do. If I had to choose, it would always be Baltimore.



John Waters Quotes: "I never got along in school really - I already knew what I wanted to do. I have never in my life got a paycheck from anywhere in the world that asked if I went to school."

I never got along in school really - I already knew what I wanted to do. I have never in my life got a paycheck from anywhere in the world that asked if I went to school.




John Waters Quotes: "You go to school to figure out who you want to be and how you can do it, and [maybe] I should have, because the films would probably be technically better."

You go to school to figure out who you want to be and how you can do it, and [maybe] I should have, because the films would probably be technically better.



John Waters Quotes: "A lot of kids are moving to Baltimore, because we have a great music scene and we've got edge. Come on down, we've got scary edge. But great edge - it's still a city you can be a bohemian in."

A lot of kids are moving to Baltimore, because we have a great music scene and we've got edge. Come on down, we've got scary edge. But great edge - it's still a city you can be a bohemian in.



John Waters Quotes: "I love hipsters! Yes, I think they're hilarious. The really cute ones try to look ugly just to prove "I can't be ugly." Normcore was kind of funny too."

I love hipsters! Yes, I think they're hilarious. The really cute ones try to look ugly just to prove "I can't be ugly." Normcore was kind of funny too.



John Waters Quotes: "I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves."

I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves.



John Waters Quotes: "I didn't become a drug addict because I always had to make a movie."

I didn't become a drug addict because I always had to make a movie.




John Waters Quotes: "I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them."

I think [parents] became very proud, even though they were mortified by the early films because no one liked them.



John Waters Quotes: "Baltimore never changes much. People aren't impressed by anything. It's great; it's not a trendy town."

Baltimore never changes much. People aren't impressed by anything. It's great; it's not a trendy town.



John Waters Quotes: "I never thought I'd be 52 years old. I don't think that anybody at 16 thinks like that."

I never thought I'd be 52 years old. I don't think that anybody at 16 thinks like that.



John Waters Quotes: "I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had."

I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had.



John Waters Quotes: "I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really get."

I make independent movies. I don't know how to do anything else. I don't know any other job that I could really get.



John Waters Quotes: "Fifty years seems like a good anniversary. Even after I'm dead, how much better could I get than this? I mean, it's great, I'm not dead, so I get to see it."

Fifty years seems like a good anniversary. Even after I'm dead, how much better could I get than this? I mean, it's great, I'm not dead, so I get to see it.



John Waters Quotes: "New York was the last place that my movies caught on. I didn't make underground movies in New York, and in the 1960s, they were very snobby about that, because the whole scene was here."

New York was the last place that my movies caught on. I didn't make underground movies in New York, and in the 1960s, they were very snobby about that, because the whole scene was here.



John Waters Quotes: "I think social justice is important. I think it's not fair."

I think social justice is important. I think it's not fair.



John Waters Quotes: "Hairspray is the only movie I made that's subversive, because they're doing it in every high school in America. A man's playing a woman, and two men sing a love song to each other."

Hairspray is the only movie I made that's subversive, because they're doing it in every high school in America. A man's playing a woman, and two men sing a love song to each other.



John Waters Quotes: "Terrible things always seemed to happen to hitchhikers in movies - including my own. It has always been glamorous and dangerous and scary and sexy."

Terrible things always seemed to happen to hitchhikers in movies - including my own. It has always been glamorous and dangerous and scary and sexy.



John Waters Quotes: "I hitchhiked at high school. My parents thought was a perfectly normal thing to do even though God knows I got blown a lot of times riding home from school."

I hitchhiked at high school. My parents thought was a perfectly normal thing to do even though God knows I got blown a lot of times riding home from school.



John Waters Quotes: "Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if they're on their phone."

Time marches on and I don't care how people watch my movies as long as they see them. I don't care if they're on their phone.



John Waters Quotes: "Everyone wants to be called an outsider so I'm a proud insider. If I was young I'd be in my parents' house shutting down the government on my computer. The new delinquent is the hacker."

Everyone wants to be called an outsider so I'm a proud insider. If I was young I'd be in my parents' house shutting down the government on my computer. The new delinquent is the hacker.



John Waters Quotes: "It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after."

It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after.



John Waters Quotes: "Pot came first when I was young. But I did the work. It wasn't a battle of what came first. They went together like "love and marriage, horse and carriage!""

Pot came first when I was young. But I did the work. It wasn't a battle of what came first. They went together like "love and marriage, horse and carriage!"



John Waters Quotes: "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."

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.



John Waters Quotes: "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 they will be considered equal. They aren't yet. They will be."

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 they will be considered equal. They aren't yet. They will be.



John Waters Quotes: "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."

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.



John Waters Quotes: "The only way I've learned to change anyone's mind politically is to make them laugh. My whole career has been about that."

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 Quotes: "I'll have pot in my home for guests - I'm polite! - but I don't sit around and smoke by myself, ever. Not like I did when I was young."

I'll have pot in my home for guests - I'm polite! - but I don't sit around and smoke by myself, ever. Not like I did when I was young.



John Waters Quotes: "Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you."

Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.



John Waters Quotes: "I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up."

I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.



John Waters Quotes: "I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me."

I used to joke that I was trying to sell out, and nobody would buy me.



John Waters Quotes: "I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy."

I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy.



John Waters Quotes: "Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you."

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.



John Waters Quotes: "No matter what your sexual preference or gender, no one likes a man who is fussy about his looks. You can spend as much time as you want looking good. But don't do it in public."

No matter what your sexual preference or gender, no one likes a man who is fussy about his looks. You can spend as much time as you want looking good. But don't do it in public.



John Waters Quotes: "And I seek people who break rules with happiness — and not bringing pain to themselves."

And I seek people who break rules with happiness — and not bringing pain to themselves.



John Waters Quotes: "I'd rather have a daughter in a whorehouse than a son in the police force,' Esther used to rage to anyone who would listen."

I'd rather have a daughter in a whorehouse than a son in the police force,' Esther used to rage to anyone who would listen.



John Waters Quotes: "I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history of literature is more depressing than Christina Stead's The Man Who Loved Children."

I love to read about anger. A "feel bad" book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history of literature is more depressing than Christina Stead's The Man Who Loved Children.



John Waters Quotes: "I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time."

I like the word 'underground'... 'independent' carries a stigma of whininess. 'Underground' means a good time.



John Waters Quotes: "Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library."

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.



John Waters Quotes: "Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it."

Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.



John Waters Quotes: "Keep up with what's causing chaos in your own field."

Keep up with what's causing chaos in your own field.



John Waters Quotes: "Being a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left."

Being a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left.