"I've been an art collector since the Sixties, and I kept it very separate from my showbusiness caree..." — John Waters

My mother's brother became the undersecretary of the interior for Nixon, which did cause a little drama in my family because I was going to riots and everything, but he turned out great and gave us a nice cheque for an AIDS benefit we had for the 'Serial Mom' premiere.

I'd be arrested if I still smoked because I'm the one who would be changing the battery in the airplane in the lavatory to take out the smoke detector. I would've been those people they warn you against.

Isn't that the most perverse thing you've ever heard?

My father was horrified by my movies, yet he lent me the money to make the early ones. And I paid him back with interest.