Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.
People are scared to have a strong opinion because, with social media, almost everyone lives the life of a celebrity.
I've never wanted to be a person where somebody would be like, 'I like her; she's okay.' Love or hate is fine, because it sells tickets.
The NFL can go to hell.
I could never, ever have an abortion.
I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.
I disagree with everything John Updike has ever said.
I have definitely noticed I am very passionate. So if I'm fighting with someone I'll be SO super loud and aggressive, and make sure that my point is heard.
I don't like bananas. I like to drive that point home.
I'm opinionated, and I'm comfortable with confrontation. I'm very happy to say if I believe the opposite of what you think.
Believe or not, love me or hate me, YoungBoy is Tupac, man.
The Book of Mormon is so good it makes me f**king angry.
There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
I like to be loved or hated - I don't like mediocre. So I'd rather have the entire crowd hate me than to have 90% hate me.
Mr. President, I love you, but you're wrong. (To Richard Nixon, on the Vietnam War)
I love nuts. I'm for nuts. I am nuts.
That's the ugliest thing I ever saw.
To artist Peter Hurd, on seeing his official portrait for the first time:
I think if I had met him [Lenin] without knowing who he was, I should not have guessed that he was a great man; he struck me as too opinionated and narrowly orthodox.
3rd Earl Russell of Kingston
Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue.
I believe in my work and advocate for my conclusions.
Sure I'm obsessed with it. And I'm absolutely certain I'm right, and nobody's going to change my mind.
Put simply, 'Interstellar' has a strong undercurrent of cheesiness.
Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him.
I really want to have a really, really strong, one-sided opinion on something, and be connected to it and tell that story. Until I find that thing or that topic or whatever it is, I don't want to direct.
My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.