Waters dispenses useful advice: how not to make a movie, how to become famous, how to have a sense of humour even if you've been sentenced to life in prison, and perhaps most appropriately, how to most effectively shock and attract the nation's public. He examines the fashion sense of those on trial, assesses the current state of indie filmmaking, warns us what he'd do if he were President of the United States, and recounts what's been getting on his nerves in the past twenty-four hours. Reading CRACKPOT is slumming in reverse. See trash transformed to art before your very eyes. Watch as lowbrow fixations are elevated shamelessly to a highly original comic manifesto.

About the Author
John Waters is a writer, a film director, an actor, and a visual artist best known for his films, including Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, and Serial Mom. He is the author of the national bestsellers Role Models, Carsick, Mr. Know-It-All, and Liarmouth. His spoken-word shows This Filthy World, False Negative, and A John Waters Christmas continue to be performed around the world. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reviews
"John Waters is the Pope of Trash and his taste in tacky is unexcelled. Ladies and gentlemen, a very funny man." -William S. Burroughs

"Demented but endearing, hilarious but never mean-spirited. In Crackpot Waters proves that he is one of the few American writers who can successfully legitimize junk culture. Even though the book is about what is usually referred to as 'bad taste,' John Waters' own is anything but." -Bret Easton Ellis

"Crackpot is vivid, amusing, and has an air of quiet dignity." -Fran Lebowitz

"A treasure chest of arcane knowledge, all of it delightful, and all it deliciously described." -Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post

"Spend some time over trouble Waters; he's a very funny commentator who is at the beginning of a very long run." -Playboy

"Waters is a uniquely observant humorist-and his opinions are amusing and thought-provoking... It all makes for a good night's read." -Chicago Tribune

"John Waters writes about low-brow subjects in terms that high-brows can appreciate... His breezy mock-indignant style makes this book an easy read in the best sense of the word." -Baltimore Sun

"A cross between Evelyn Waugh and Miss Manners." -L.A. Times

"John Waters, amoral filmmaker and moralist wit. Why do his collected essays make me chortle uncontrollably, thrilled to be alive? Wilde thing, you make my heart sing." -L.A. Weekly

"John Waters has done more than any living American to give bad taste a good name." -Interview



Book Information
ISBN 9780743246279
Author John Waters
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Scribner
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Weight(grams) 218g
Dimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 15mm