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 …

- John Waters

I don't trust anyone that hasn't been to jail at least once in their life.

- John Waters

Without obsession, life is nothing.

- John Waters

If you can make someone laugh who's dead set against you, that's the first step to winning them over to your side.

- John Waters

Don’t sleep with people who don’t read.

- John Waters

Life is a rotten lottery.

- John Waters

My idea of an interesting person is someone who is quite proud of their seemingly abnormal life and turns their disadvantage into a career.

- John Waters

True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks.

- John Waters

To understand bad taste one must have very good taste.

- John Waters