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I love to read about anger. A feel bad book always makes me feel good. And no other novel in the history of literature is more depressing than Christina Stead's The Man Who Loved Children.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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I have spoken, and I was understood. It's not like I'm a tragic person who wasn't understood. All those books are in print, all those movies are still out there, the audience gets younger. So I don't have that I've got to do one thing before I die. I did it.
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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.
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If you ever go home with somebody and they don't have books in their house, don't sleep with them. I think that's very important.
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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.
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I love hipsters! Yes, I think they're hilarious. The really cute ones try to look ugly just to prove I can't be ugly. Normcore was kind of funny too.
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I've signed dicks, asses, parole cards, a colostomy bag while it was still pumping. A couple of years ago, I signed a bloody Tampax. That's one you don't forget. I'm not asking for someone to top that!
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Technique is nothing more than failed style.
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I care about the presidential elections. I always vote. Sometimes I've voted more than once, illegally. But you can't anymore. The picture ID has ruined everything.
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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.
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It reinforced everything that I believe. I am an optimist. I believe in the goodness of people.
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I keep on having ideas and developments. Some happen and some don't, but I still always have a way of telling a story.
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My films can be considered political action against the tyranny of good taste.
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My hobby is extreme Catholic behavior - before the Reformation.
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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.
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Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD.
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I can't tell the difference between the best and the worst 'cause I realize not everybody wants to have sex in the middle of a demolition derby race in the car.
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Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price tag.
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Everything makes you who you are, so I was lucky that I had a good family that was horrified by what I wanted to do but was also supportive of it, right to the very end.
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