Quotes by John Waters

“To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits while watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. But one must remember that there is such a thing as good...”

“To understand bad taste one must have very good taste.”

“I would never want to film hard-core pornography, because it always looks like open-heart surgery to me.”

“[I] pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.”

“How could you think of such awful things? liberal critics always ask. How else could I possibly amuse myself? I always wonder.”

“Life is nothing without a good sense of humor.”

“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.”

“Parents should worry if their children haven't been arrested by the time they turn sixteen. Being a juvenile delinquent is a birthright and as much a part of healthy adolescence as smoking cigarett...”

“I'd never trust anyone who hadn't spent at least one night of his youth in the local jail. The more hell you raise as a teen-ager, the sweeter your memories will be.”

“I would never want to live anywhere but Baltimore... It's as if every eccentric in the South decided to move north, ran out of gas in Baltimore, and decided to stay. No one moves here.”

“I stopped taking drugs when I realized that pot smelled bad and LSD trips were becoming like TV reruns. I had had enough inner journeys — I felt I knew myself well enough, thank you.”

“All people look better under arrest.”

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

“Cheer up. You never know — maybe something awful will happen tomorrow.”

“If you go home with someone and they don't have books, don't fuck them.”