Quotes About Provocation

I have this problem that I just like to get a reaction from people.

I'm going to shock you with the truth. I'm just going to give it to you raw, and however you take it, I'm just going to watch your reaction.

Sometimes I'm not even really quite sure why I do what I do - do I do it because I like to show that I'm an educated person to exploit these certain things artistically and, in my opinion, in a very smart way - or am I just a punk rock brat that likes pushing people's buttons and relishing in the negative reaction? I can't tell.

The bottom line is that sometimes the little things I do on the pitch provoke exaggerated reactions.

I know I create major reactions in people.

I create doubt in the reader's mind. That is what literature is for: to provoke, to raise doubts, to talk about things that are not obvious.

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

In 'Min Kamp,' I wanted to see how far it was possible to take realism before it would be impossible to read.

Roshan Sherchan is a grey character and that's the challenge. He's not all bad. Even though people will hate him, they'll still wonder why he did what he did. I enjoyed playing this character a lot because he will make the audience choose between things.

If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

In a confrontational situation, you'll get their gut. And I want their gut! And that's why people watch this show!

The best offense is a good defense, but a bad defense is offensive.

For the Wise Man says, "If you fight with a fool, whether the fool be angry or merry, you will never have rest.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.

The child molester skipped breakfast, but said he'd grab a little something on the way to work.

Fuck rational thought

I began imagining scenes in public which some drunk would come up to me and slap me in the face. Nothing like that ever happened, but I often wonder if I would have turned the other cheek.

The key to acting - from what little I know about that wonderful craft - is listening, and interacting with the other person in order to achieve magic. One way to do that is almost to provoke.

Every tour we do, everybody's always wondering, 'What's Tommy Lee going to do next? What new, wild and crazy thing is he going to come up with?'

Imagine this guy hits Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger and knocks him out. You hit Mike Hammer over the head with a wooden coathanger, he'll beat the crap out of you.