488 Quotes by John Waters

The way I photograph... in many ways it's directed by chance and all my mistakes, which are often the best stuff. I found that no matter if it's the same tape, the same TV, and the same camera, I can never duplicate an image... your arm jiggles, there's just too much chance. And I never put it on pause, or use any of that fancy equipment.

Roman Candles was shown in a church, and so was Eat Your Makeup, so was Mondo Trasho, and so was Multiple Maniacs (1970). It's hard to imagine that churches showed these movies but a few in the '60s, like St. Mark's Church, or on the Bowery, they always were left-wing.

I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.

Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD.

Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price tag.

It isn't enough to shock. It's easy to shock. Real surprise is what I'm after.

I think Chelsea Girls is a complete masterpiece and I think Andy's [Warhol] films are equally as good as the art. I think one day they will be considered equal. They aren't yet. They will be.

You see a kid making a film on a cell phone. He doesn't know what he's doing either. But it comes out kind of good.

I think I technically learned some things, hopefully. But I go to the movies for characters and story and a berserk vision.