Quotes About Thought-provoking

Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.

I make films to explore concepts and raise questions, not tell the audience what to think.

I like clever songs. I like songs that make people think and I try to have substance in all my records, even with 'Sweet Dreams' how it was a club record and it was up tempo, but it was melodic and it was, like, lyrical.

But Einstein had always admired Freud as a philosopher more than as a scientist, and had found his essays more thought-provoking than they were definitive.

self-referential semantic labyrinth.

One of the surprising privileges of intellectuals is that they are free to be scandalously asinine without harming their reputations.

This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher(when asked about completing his income tax form)

Todas las generalizaciones son peligrosas, incluyendo esta.

Apenas se deviam ler os livros que nos picam e que nos mordem. Se o livro que lemos não nos desperta como um murro no crânio, para quê lê-lo?

I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film.

Why not provoke some thought and get people talking about things? I like characters that are flawed because we all are. When people break up in a script, you think, Oh, right, there must be tears shed here. But maybe the fact of the matter is that they're both laughing.

Still, a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

One of the things a writer is for is to say the unsayable, speak the unspeakable and ask difficult questions.

Atheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations.

Talking to Elizabeth is like talking to no one else. It is not a commonplace activity; rather it is a stimulating exercise for the mind.

But also, he doesn't like to let us off easy. He wants to make us think—even when we don't feel like thinking.

The modern mind is never popular in its own day. People hate being made to think.

To find a script that works with provocative ideas is hard to find.

I think that as I continue to write, my writing I hope will become more controversial and more provocative.

I don't think of my movies as provocative.

I try to write catchy hooks but, at the same time, things that mean something that will provoke thought.

'Sound of My Voice' is an amazing film. Small, simple, yet incredibly thought provoking.

I like being involved with projects that are not only entertaining but are also thought provoking. Either that, or jobs that keep a roof over my head. A mixture of both is always nice.

'Family Secrets' is thought provoking, well written, and remorselessly intelligent.