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 really fight for in life.
Interpretation
True wealth is about freedom to choose and peace of mind.
In this quote, John Waters emphasizes that true richness in life is not solely about financial abundance but rather the ability to enjoy one's passions without the burden of financial constraints and to cultivate a positive, respectful social environment. By advocating for the importance of being surrounded by good people and having the freedom to explore one's interests, Waters highlights the deeper values that contribute to a fulfilling life.
In practice
In a speech about lifestyle choices, you might say, 'As John Waters said, my idea of rich is being able to buy every book I want without checking the price.'
Irony ruined everything Even the best exploitation movies were never meant to be `so bad they were good`. They were not made for the intelligentsia. They were made to be violent for real, or to be sexy for real. But now everybody has irony. Even horror films now are ironic. Everybody's in on the joke now. Everybody's hip. Nobody takes anything at face value anymore.
I don't like rules of any kind. And I seek people who break rules with happiness - and not bringing pain to themselves.
I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie.
To understand bad taste one must have very good taste.
To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits while watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. But one must remember that there is such a thing as good bad taste and bad bad taste.
'Hairspray' maybe did change people's minds, and that's how you get your political enemies to change their minds - by making them laugh and making them look at something in a way they haven't seen it. Not by preaching and cutting them off and being a separatist.
Drop guilt! - because to be guilty is to live in hell. Not being guilty, you will have the freshness of dewdrops in the early morning sun, you will have the freshness of lotus petals in the lake, you will have the freshness of the stars in the night. Once guilt disappears you will have a totally different kind of life, luminous and radiant. You will have a dance to your feet and your heart will be singing a thousand and one songs.
Don't bring negative to my door.
Even if the whole world turns their back on you, you will always have yourself.
Tyranny will make an entire population into readers of poetry.
Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
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