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 More Quotes by John Waters More Quotes From John Waters My photographs are not really about photography. They are about editing. I use photography but they are all taken from the TV screen. Anybody can do that, but it's the order I put the pictures in to try to create a new kind of movie, something that you can put on your wall. John Waters wall photography taken If I died tomorrow I've accomplished what I set out to do in my life. I enjoy making my movies, I enjoy doing what I do. I have a nice life. John Waters accomplished nice tomorrow There is right and there is wrong, I have NEVER been wrong. John Waters [My catholic education] sticked with me. It caused the rage I had to make 'Pink Flamingos.' John Waters flamingos catholic rage ...Don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of 'literature'? That means fiction, too, stupid. John Waters stupid mean fiction I can't tell the difference between the best and the worst 'cause I realize not everybody wants to have sex in the middle of a demolition derby race in the car. John Waters differences race sex Ever feel like killing somebody just to see if you could get away with it? Sure, you have. Everybody has little things that get on their nerves. John Waters little-things nerves littles The way I photograph... in many ways it's directed by chance and all my mistakes, which are often the best stuff. I found that no matter if it's the same tape, the same TV, and the same camera, I can never duplicate an image... your arm jiggles, there's just too much chance. And I never put it on pause, or use any of that fancy equipment. John Waters fancy arms mistake Just make sure your children hate authority and they'll do fine. John Waters hate authority children I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision. John Waters vision character thinking People always ask me what I'm doing on the subway, but I love it! Sometimes I like to ride in the front car and look out the window at the rats. John Waters car people looks I pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value. John Waters redeeming pride facts 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. John Waters home sleep book 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 was the first good review I got in 10 years. John Waters careers negative years Maybe there is no better novel in the world than Denton Welch's In Youth Is Pleasure. Just holding it in my hands, so precious, so beyond gay, so deliciously subversive, is enough to make illiteracy a worse social crime than hunger. John Waters gay hands world Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves? John Waters role-models roles opposites I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder could sink the QE2. I've got an attitude problem and nobody better get in my way...I'm in a bad mood and the whole stupid little world is gonna pay! John Waters nice stupid attitude You have to think of a new way to completely surprise people who think they're hip. I always said you could make an NC-17 movie with no sex and no violence. Now I don't know what that could possibly be, but if you could think it up, you'd have a hit. John Waters violence people thinking I have no interest in ever making a movie I didn't write. If they were going to take my house away, then I guess I might have to. But my agent knows not to even bother sending me the scripts. John Waters agents house writing I'm always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I have the opposite problem. If a book is good I can't go to sleep, and stay up way past my bedtime, hooked on the writing. Is anything better than waking up after a late-night read and diving right back into the plot before you even get out of bed to brush your teeth? John Waters sleep book fall
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