488 Quotes by John Waters

When I started my goal was to make a successful underground movie. I started making movies in the mid-60s. Underground cinema then only lasted about two or three years.

I want to be harder to reach, not easier.

Going to a sensational murder trial is the only way I can relax.

I built my [early] career on negative reviews. There was a cultural war going on, the '60s was going on. All the film critics were square. They hated my movies. You could never have that happen today. Critics are way too hip.

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.

The ultimate irony is that I'm becoming part of the establishment,

Technique is nothing more than failed style.

Anyone from my past I'm interested in, I've already stalked their homes. I like to go outside.

I hitchhiked at high school. My parents thought was a perfectly normal thing to do even though God knows I got blown a lot of times riding home from school.