Quotes About Author

Science would like to tell us that people laugh because of the benign violation theory, but comedy doesn't have hard rules.

If I have to, I will use one challenge after another to dismantle governmental operations that I consider violations of the Constitution.

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.

The year 2015 brought me so many further chances to spread the word about human rights violations in North Korea, from addressing the United Nations to publishing my autobiography.

The world will always need revolution. That doesn't mean shooting and violence. A revolution is when you change your thinking. Confucianism and Christianity were both revolutionary.

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

As for sex, well, I mean sex is a perfectly respectable subject as far as Shakespeare is concerned. I mean, all history is love and violence.

Odisha is a peaceful state; the people will not stand for violence in a democracy.

I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader.

I don't initiate violence, I retaliate.

Violence is a calm that disturbs you.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

My moral compass swings far to the left, but when it comes to gratuitous violence, I have trouble.

In 'The Insider,' I had violence - lethal, life-taking aggression - all happening psychologically, all with people talking to other people.

We have not always agreed, but I have said repeatedly and publicly many times that Al Sharpton has never counseled violence, but he gets blamed for a whole lot of that.

A little bit of gratuitous violence in a well-thought-out story is fine.

I don't think violence on film breeds violence in life. Violence in life breeds violence in films.

Donald Trump has advocated violence - I saw him do it several times on the campaign trail.

Domestic violence is never okay no matter what the situation is.

Sedition involves sloganeering with incitement. It may be anti-national, but not a crime, unless you incite violence or communal tension.

I've always been really terrible with horror films. I scare really easily and can't stand all the violence and gore.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

I think every high school student who was alert during the early '60s got very embittered by the slow progress and the violence surrounding the Civil Rights Movement.