John Waters Quotes

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.

I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. The chip on my shoulder could sink the QE2. I've got an attitude problem and nobody better get in my way...I'm in a bad mood and the whole stupid little world is gonna pay!

My idea of rich is that you can buy every book you ever want without looking at the price and you're never around assholes. That's the two things to really fight for in life.

If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!

It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.

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.

You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.

I always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but my parents wouldn't let me.

Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?

Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who thinks it's normal to kneel down to a naked man who's nailed to a cross? It's like a bad leather bar.

Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves?

Keep up with what's causing chaos in your own field.