Quotes About Provocative

To dislike a writer's politics is one thing. To dislike him because he forces you to think is another, not necessarily incompatible with the first.

When I say drop your pants and show me the moon, I'm not just whistling Dixie!

If literature stays away from evil, it rapidly becomes boring.

Vicky had enlivened the Sabbath by coming down to breakfast in abbreviated tennis-shorts, and a sleeveless shirt.

If everyone were not so indolent they would realise that beauty is beauty even when it is irritating and stimulating not only when it is accepted and classic.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.

There are times when being scandalous or provocative can help bring focus to issues of major concern.

It's hard to imagine anyone accusing Lionel Shriver of being a timid writer.

I think the fact that I use salty words in my Bonhoeffer book would tip you off that I'm no prude, exactly.

To be honest, I think bananas are a pathetic fruit.

To be honest, I make very controversial films. The films that I've made have been very, very bold choices.

I'm a little thirsty, can I go drink out of your toilet?

Well fuck me sideways 'til I cry

Sex was a reasonable alternative to burning fossil fuels. Maybe she should teach it in class. Hey, kids, there is solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy and sex. Ask your parents about that one.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.

I suggested that we might buy one hundred seats for one of Rochester's symphony concerts. We would select a concert in which the music would be relatively quiet. The hundred blacks who would be given tickets would first be treated to a three-hour pre-concert dinner in the community, in which they would be fed nothing but baked beans, and lots of them; them the people would go to the symphony hall--with obvious consequences.

The storyless story is a vagina with teeth.

she told me that a friend of hers had heard of me and exclaimed "he's disturbing to read." now i like that – "disturbing to read: -- like popping pills or pushing the plunger down, like big knives and rusty razors. i'm fucking disturbing – let me disturb you too

There's a few things I want to ask him. Philosophical questions. Like, 'How does it feel to be dangled out a window by a rope tied around your balls, motherfucker?

I want to be a barking public embarrassment as soon as possible.

don't need to get any closer to know it's soft, lard-cock!" The girl made a rude gesture with both hands. "I can see how disappointed your fucking cows are from here!

Q: What's the speed limit of sex? A: Sixty-eight. Because at 69 you have to turn around.