Quotes About Provocation

You're charging money to have people come watch you play; I want them to feel taken someplace good or provoked into thinking my way for an hour and a half or two hours.

I can't sit through plays and musical theatre. I just want to run up onstage and mess up their hair and turn over the furniture.

As soon as someone I don't respect tells me I can't do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

Everytime I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.

There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.

I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.

You ever want me to show you what it's like to have a man in your bed, you know where to find me.

When someone asks me, 'What do you do?' under my breath I want to say, 'Ask my f--king bank account what I do,'

You can bite me if you want. I want you to.

I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.

Do you want me crucified for my profanity?

I'll beat you up right now if you want me to.

When a band first comes along, they should be confusing and doing something people don't accept. You don't want the first reaction to just be, "Oh, I get that."

Are you smelling me?" After yesterday I suspected that my body was giving him all kinds of information I didn't want him to have. "Don't tempt me," he murmured.

If I'm insulted I will counterattack, or if something is unfair, I will counterattack, but I don't feel like I insult people. I don't want to do that. But if I'm attacked, I will counterattack.

I don't really care if people get upset. I think I'm doing my job if people get upset; I want them to think! We all want them to think, hopefully.

If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?

Worm says fuck you, Assail!

What's wrong with you?' 'Happy…ha, that's good. Very good.' He then turned to study her. 'You're eager for Skulldeath to take one of those flying leaps straight between your legs? You want to get pregnant with some prince from some Seven Cities flying squirrel tribe?

Your days are numbered, you little ignorant peckerwoods." Monty Schaffer stood with feet spread, fists tightly balled on his hips—an angry man ready to strike. But instead of striking, he unholstered

Art was disgusting. It led to thought, and thought led to dissatisfaction, which in turn led to rebellion.

They danced together, bodies close, belly-grinding to the rhythm, invoking the demands of lust.

Scoff at me now, pretty boy!

To bear the name, to be with Jesus, marks them as aliens in the world. And this provokes trouble; for when they are faithful to the word Jesus has given them, the world reacts with hostility.