John Waters:

The media to me is my soap opera. Every day I watch it and I still get six newspapers delivered every day. I still– consume the news a lot, which I think if you write comedy in any way, you have to be on top of what the news is. It's fun to me– I like writing, I like telling stories, even in the photographs from the artwork I do, and I– I even hate to call it artwork, 'cause that's up to others to say, not to me. I always say when people say, "I'm an artist." Oh really? I believe history will be the judge of that. But– at the same time, you know, I'm gonna say, I'm a photographer, then it sounds like I'm Ansel Adams. You know? I have a piece called, Cancel Ansel, which is actually where I screw up his photography, by putting in his beautiful scenery, like cruise ships, and– and you know, litter, and naked people swimming, and that kind of thing.