488 Quotes by John Waters

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.

I’ll have pot in my home for guests – I’m polite! – but I don’t sit around and smoke by myself, ever. Not like I did when I was young.

The only time I had a normal boyfriend was during the time of AIDS, so maybe that saved me. It’s certainly not karma.

I think the extremes are something that’s really interesting to see coalesce in movies.

People always ask me what I’m doing on the subway, but I love it! Sometimes I like to ride in the front car and look out the window at the rats.

The only way I’ve learned to change anyone’s mind politically is to make them laugh. My whole career has been about that.

God knows if you could start a new sex act that’s more important than making a good movie.

I live in San Francisco, I live in Provincetown. They’re all the same, apart from Baltimore. Baltimore’s the only cheap place left.

An underground hit didn’t make any money and it cost a dollar to get in.