john waters on karma, the art of selling out, and dropping acid at 70

John Waters, the self-proclaimed Pope of Trash, just turned 73. His birthday came just in time for the release of his latest book,which is out today. The book is filled with hilarious anecdotes from his life, from flying first class on short-haul flights to underground art .

We caught up with Waters after his stand-up set for the Ballroom Marfa spring gala at the Paradise Club in Midtown , where he talked to i-D about pissing on trains, who he’s voting for, and the art of selling out.I always say that I am for pride, but I always feel that gays and straights should stick together. I’m not a separatist or anything. When I first went to a gay bar, I thought,"this is so square." I thought, I am queer but.

You have to do it but vary it, and you have to keep it up with every generation and you have to reinvent yourself constantly. If one thing doesn’t work, you just tell stories about them. If the movies don’t work, I write books, I do spoken word, I always have a way to tell a story. That’s all I need.Yes, I’ve always been a writer, basically. I wrote the books, I made the art shows, I never made a movie I didn’t write. I wouldn’t know how to. The most fun is thinking it up.

My favourite of course is Lenny Bruce. In my book I talk about John Stanley. It’s in the book. He is still my favourite comedian. None of us would be here without Lenny Bruce, though. He went to jail for saying. Can you imagine? I would have probably gotten the death penalty for my comedy set tonight. Just for what I said. He was my favourite.I don’t know if I have any delusions. The biggest regret I have is smoking so many cigarettes. That’s the only thing in my life I regret. Delusions.

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