Provocative Statements Quotes

The right-wing just loves making a big entrance.

Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.

I probably am. I think Paul Giamatti also said in an interview that I was "f--king crazy." I'm flattered by that. I want to be that guy who's nuts who makes people think.

I think in the heat of emotions, some rhetoric is said that is a little explosive.

You don't have to be outlandish and saying crazy things and get out of yourself to get headlines or attention.

I think Kanye West is a hilarious writer.

If you want to be seen as courageous by some and hated by others, just say what you really think.

I don't like hot takes any more than I like hot cakes.

When I write I'll sometimes say things which are somewhat controversial - not because I'm seeking out controversy for its own sake, but if I don't have anything to say which is different, why am I bothering to write stuff down in the first place?

Leigh Bowery was actually quoted as saying, "Flesh is my most favorite fabric." I've seen many a freak make a scene and go, but Leigh was a special kind of exhibitionist because he was dedicated and saw it as an art form.

Sometimes the truth is inflammatory.

The new school of art and thought does indeed wear an air of audacity, and breaks out everywhere into blasphemies, as if it required any courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.

I do think that tonal element of Trump's is attractive, but I don't know if I would go so far as to say the confrontational element of his rhetoric is necessarily attractive.

I don't ever want to become Bill Maher where I have to find some strong opinion on something just because it's in the news. That's the guy that comes off like you have to be angry every week about new topics and snotty about something. That's what I'm trying to avoid.

I would call the French scumbags, but that, of course, would be a disservice to bags filled with scum. I say we invade Iraq, then invade Chirac.

I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat children.

I enjoy provocative things that are questionable.

Some candidates need to say provocative things that make noise to break through the media muffle and get themselves noticed.

I guess I'm entertaining; I guess I'm interesting. I guess the things that I say sell papers. I guess they sell magazines. I don't know.

Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh's whole thing is entertainment. Yes, it is incendiary. Yes, it is ugly.

I think if you're not offending somebody somewhere, then your show is probably just very bland and boring.

You [Bill Maher] seem to have done alright with your TV show... I mean, I don't get a sense... to the extent that they're boycotting you, it's because of your other wacky views rather than your particular views on religion.

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.

If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.