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Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own it's the freedom to buy an...

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You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt...

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Our assholes will be clean but we must never wash our hands. Our immune systems will be strengthened...

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Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know...

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I'm always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asle...

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A psychiatrist once told me early in treatment, “Stop trying to make me like you,” and what a soberi...

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I believe that if a seven-year old kid has heard of Naked Lunch and is daring enough to want to read...

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If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em!

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an ...

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Keep up with what's causing chaos in your own field.

When they throw the water on the witch, she says, “Who would have thought a good little girl like yo...

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I've had it with being nice, understanding, fair and hopeful. I feel like being negative all day. Th...

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Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters

Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?

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Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.

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I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?

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Always be prepared if someone asks you what you want for Christmas. Give brand names, the store that...

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Catholics have more extreme sex lives because they're taught that pleasure is bad for you. Who think...

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I always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but my parents wouldn't let me.

Being a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there ar...

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I always give books. And I always ask for books. I think you should reward people sexually for getti...

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I could never kill myself. I approve of suicide if you have horrible health. Otherwise it's the ulti...

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[W]hat I like best is staying home and reading. Being rich is not about how many homes you own. It’s...

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You have to remember that it is impossible to commit a crime while reading a book.

It wasn't until I started reading and found books they wouldn't let us read in school that I discove...

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John Waters

Film director

Born: 1946-04-22

Died: N/A

John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, personality, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. He is recognizable by his pencil-thin mustache.More