If you're not sure you could love your children, please don't have them, because they might grow up and kill us. John Waters More Quotes by John Waters More Quotes From John Waters Life is a rotten lottery. John Waters lotteryrottenlife-is I went to the Vatican once - it was a bad idea. I went into the bookshop and I bought hideous, pious postcards and then I asked for a receipt, and the nun said, "We don't give receipts at the Vatican." Which threw me into a rage of like, "I guess not, so you can take this money and funnel it into anti-homosexual groups!" People had to drag me out of there. It's not good for me to go into the Vatican. John Waters givingpeopleideas Watching a movie should be like hunting. Out of context, every image of the cinema is yours for a split second. Take them before they bury it. John Waters splitshuntingcinema There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. John Waters film-criticssquareswar I understand why people want to look up their friends - usually they want to see what people they've wanted to have sex with look like. John Waters sexpeoplelooks I want to be harder to reach, not easier. John Waters hardereasierwant I think it's important to visit people in prison. And if you know anyone in prison, I would encourage you very much to visit them. They're a good audience! I always get good letters from prisoners. I don't usually answer them because I have a lot going on in my life, but I get some really good ones, I get some really good letters from prison. John Waters importantpeoplethinking An underground hit didn't make any money and it cost a dollar to get in. John Waters dollarscost Aren't maids the ultimate art critics? John Waters maidscriticsart 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 good-lifebelievehands Censorship has been my best press agent my whole life. John Waters censorshipagentswhole-life 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 exciting today, if you see went to the movie and everyone at the IFC was arrested in a paddy wagon and taken away? John Waters scorpiospolicetaken I think the best article was the article about radical feminists being against transgender women. I found that the most fascinating article and I absolutely loved it. I love battles within the gay community or feminist community. I love radical theorists. John Waters feministgaythinking I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty. John Waters wittylovelife A psychiatrist once told me early in treatment, "Stop trying to make me like you," and what a sobering and welcome smack in the face that statement was. Yet somehow, every day of my life is still a campaign for popularity, or better yet, a crowded funeral. John Waters funeralcampaignstrying When I was young, no one wanted to be one; now even the President of the United States would call himself an outsider. So now I'm for insiders. John Waters outsidersunited-statespresident The anger I have about high school - which I do have because they discouraged every interest I ever had; actually I call it anti-education - that anger led to my career. John Waters discouragedcareersschool 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? What is the world coming to? It's not even bad to be a communist anymore! John Waters zipsgunworld I always want to see films that are startling and amazing. Not just shocking. Shocking is easy to do. But startling in the way that makes you change how you think about things. Those are the movies I like the best. John Waters wantwaythinking At the premiere of Hairspray on Broadway, Harvey Fierstein's mom said to my mom, "Didn't we raise great sons?" and my mother just started sobbing, because I'm sure they'd both been through other nights when people didn't say that. John Waters mommotherson
