John Waters quotes - page 2

I always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but my parents wouldn't let me. (John Waters)
Nothing is more impotent than an unread library. View quote
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Contemporary art hates you. View quote
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I respect everything I make fun of. View quote
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To me, beauty is looks you can never forget. A face should jolt, not soothe. View quote
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Not wanting anyone to pop my bubble by speaking to me, I immediately began reading Lesbian Nuns, and that did the trick. No one attempted small talk. View quote
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There is right and there is wrong, I have NEVER been wrong. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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My hobby is extreme Catholic behavior -- BEFORE the Reformation. View quote
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Life is nothing if you're not obsessed. (John Waters)
Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library. View quote
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I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it. View quote
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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. View quote
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I used to run away to New York from Baltimore all the time. I would get on the Greyhound bus and tell my parents I was going to some sorority weekend... I'd even make up fake permission slips, come to New York, and just ask people on the street if I could stay with them and go see midnight movies. View quote
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I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty. View quote
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I also hate those holidays that fall on a Monday where you don't get mail, those fake holidays like Columbus Day. What did Christopher Columbus do, discover America? If he hadn't, somebody else would have and we'd still be here. Big deal. View quote
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I don't like rules of any kind. And I seek people who break rules with happiness - and not bringing pain to themselves. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy. View quote
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I'm thrilled to have a completely new audience that I can get from Court TV, without it being my own trial. That was the only other way I would have gotten it. (John Waters)
And we can cuddle all night! View quote
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I'll never be able to do a sequel to Pink Flamingos because it would have to end with Divine taking a shit and the dog eating it. View quote
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Photo: PEN American Center, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Filmmaker
Born: April 22, 1946
Quotes count: 48
Wikipedia: John Waters

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