I don't think I had a bad influence on anybody. I made people feel better about themselves. John Waters More Quotes by John Waters More Quotes From John Waters The Easter Bunny is a major reason for heroin addiction in America. John Waters addiction easter america The first real thing was Divine as Jackie Kennedy [in Eat Your Makeup]. His mother found the bloody Jackie Kennedy outfit in the boot of his car and said, 'What is this?" and Divine said, "I am Jackie Kennedy!" His mother just changed the subject; she didn't know what to say. John Waters makeup real mother 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 want home book I like hard movies; I like ones that are basically the opposite of a date movie. John Waters date-movie hard opposites 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 speed black drug To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits while watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. But one must remember that there is such a thing as good bad taste and bad bad taste. John Waters ovation entertainment taste 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 rap song museums Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion. John Waters hipster abortion wish I think that young people understand me perfectly. I think that's the luckiest thing about my career, that I get older and they get younger, and it didn't stop with my generation. John Waters careers people thinking I don't know how I made those movies. I went out every single night, I smoked pot every single day. I drank. We did everything, but I never became a drug addict or an alcoholic. Other friends are dead, many of them. So many people in this retrospective...in Female Trouble, almost everyone is dead. John Waters drug night people I always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but my parents wouldn't let me. John Waters juvenile let-me parent I could never kill myself. I approve of suicide if you have horrible health. Otherwise it's the ultimate hissy fit. John Waters fit health suicide I never thought I had more fun when I was young than kids are having today. I think they have just as much fun. It's a different way to have fun. John Waters fun kids thinking Hitchhiking, intrinsically, is sexual and dangerous. At the same time I never really felt scared. I was scared that nobody would pick me up and that I'd be waiting by the side of the road for a week. John Waters pick-me-up waiting sides I would never do hard-core pornography, because it looks too much like open-heart surgery. John Waters too-much heart looks I don't trust anyone that hasn't been to jail at least once in their life. John Waters dont-trust-anyone dont-trust jail Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale. John Waters government yale fun I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore. You can look far and wide, but you'll never discover a stranger city with such extreme style. It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. John Waters style cities moving And my little sister Chrissy, for teaching me that life is nothing if you're not obsessed. John Waters hipster obsessed life-is 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 idiot parent years
