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I learned that people like my work because I praise things that others don't like.
John Waters
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John Waters
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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Things are going great in every part of my life except movies. That's okay. I've got a lot of other parts of my life. I've made 15 movies. You can see any one of my movies and it says the same thing.
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I am on the road all the time. Whether I'm in Paris or in a small college town in Texas, I can't tell the difference, and that's good. You don't have to leave where you were born to be cool anymore.
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Baltimore never changes much. People aren't impressed by anything. It's great it's not a trendy town.
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I don't believe in depression. There's no such thing. It's an invention. It's bullshit, it's a cop out.
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There is right and there is wrong, I have NEVER been wrong.
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I actually think that my films are intellectual. I think almost everything I do is intellectual, but I would never say that, because that's a compliment. That's up to others to say about me. The same way, I would never say I do art. I think art is up to history. It's up to other people to utter that word. So I try to be humble.
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I would describe myself as a writer that hopes to take you into my world and help you feel a little safer.
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