I would never do hard-core pornography, because it looks too much like open-heart surgery.
John WatersMy photographs are not really about photography. They are about editing. I use photography but they are all taken from the TV screen. Anybody can do that, but it's the order I put the pictures in to try to create a new kind of movie, something that you can put on your wall.
John WatersThere are little things that get on my nerves, like people who have reading material in their powder room. When you go in someoneโs house, and next to the toilet they have a huge basket of magazines, I find that repellent. I recommend against straining while reading.
John WatersTo use bad taste, you have to know the rules of good taste. I've always thanked my mother for that. She taught how to eat with proper table manners and all that stuff, to the point of rebellion. But I couldn't have rebelled from it if I didn't know it.
John Waters