Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

Actually, it's nice when people hate what you do, because it's still a passionate feeling about it. It's kind of when they're indifferent, you're like, "Oh, well, what am I really doing?" It's nice to go one way or the other.

If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving it, those are both good scenarios.

...the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.

My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.

I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right.

People don't stop me on the street and throw things at me. But I'm aware of what that dynamic is, so whenever people react strongly to a character and say that they hate me, I take it as a job well done. And for most people, there's a sense of removal. Most people are not saying, "Oh, my god, I hate you!" Most people that have reactions say, "I love to hate your character."

If I could prescribe a single rule for looking at a work of art it would be to enjoy it. If we're honest with ourselves, we have to admit we enjoy our tears just as much as we enjoy our laughter. The only moments of life that are a bore are when we don't care one way or another.

I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.

I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people -- either like them or hate them. You can't be indifferent.

Music for me has always been something that is directly connected to my heart.

People don't care enough. They don't get worked up enough. They don't get angry enough. They don't get passionate enough. I'd rather somebody hate what I do than be indifferent to it.

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.

Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.

For a performer, passion is far more important than technical skills. If a dancer's leg isn't at a perfect angle, I can see past that, but if someone's dead in the face, it's really boring.

Whenever somebody hates you too much it usually means they have deeper feelings for you because nobody bothers to hate you unless they actually feel something.

I don't feel anything when I watch Shaquille O'Neal play. I don't feel anything coming off him.

I love films, I love the way they make me feel.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.

The flack I got for 'Saw' is why I wanted to direct 'Insidious 2.'

'Before I Ever Met You' was the first one to come out and that just dives into the grit, and it's pretty graphic about a relationship. For my first song, it was very special the way it happened, because I didn't really hold anything back, and people responded to it.

You know, people hate me or love me and I just don't even bother paying attention to it anymore.

I'd rather create something that gives people a very strong reaction than create a show that someone looks at and says, 'Hmm. Fine.'

I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on.