John Waters

I like to push buttons. That's what art is supposed to do.

I'm an optimist about perversion.

I'm a professional weirdo.

I don’t believe in bad taste. I believe in good taste.

I'd rather have a bad film with good reviews than a good film with bad reviews.

If you make a movie for the critics, you're dead.

To me, bad taste is what art is all about.

I think to be a good director, you have to be a little bit of a fascist.

I always say, 'You can't go home again,' but I also say, 'You can't go to jail again' -- so I'm a hypocrite.

I never wanted to be normal. I always wanted to be a deviant.

My favorite thing in the world is to make people nervous.

The only thing I ever regret is not doing more drugs.

I'm a pervert, but I'm a happy pervert.

I believe in trash. I believe in filth. I believe in bad taste.

If you have good taste, you're probably boring.

I like to corrupt people. It's my job.

I think it's important to be offensive, just to remind people that it's still possible.

I'm not politically correct. I'm politically incorrect and proud of it.

My whole career has been based on bad ideas that worked.

I think the world needs more lunatics.