My early films look terrible! I didn’t know what I was doing. I learned when I was doing it. I never went to film school. John Waters Read Quote
I like the elitism of the art world. I think art for the people is a terrible idea. John Waters Read Quote
I was creating characters early. People didn’t beat me up. I scared them. I hated authority. I could also get people to do things; I was quite the early director. I could make people laugh enough to get their defences down – and then brainwash them. John Waters Read Quote
My dad saw ‘A Dirty Shame.’ I felt bad about my father knowing what ‘felching’ was. John Waters Read Quote
I’ve been arrested several times. I’ve been known to dress in ludicrous fashions. I’ve also built a career out of negative reviews. John Waters Read Quote
Everyone’s sex life is funny except your own. Every person’s is, and yours never is. John Waters Read Quote
I’m sick of ’60s nostalgia. I’ve been to clubs in New York where it’s just like the Fillmore East. And I thought I hated that then. John Waters Read Quote
On airplanes, strangers confide in me the most deepest, darkest secrets. And I think they think I’ll understand. And I generally do understand. John Waters Read Quote
My father was horrified by my movies, yet he lent me the money to make the early ones. And I paid him back with interest. John Waters Read Quote