Quotes about Provocation

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.

I am not a self-help writer. I am a self-problem writer. When people read my books, I provoke some things. I cannot justify my work. I do my work; it is up to them to classify it, to judge.

Sometimes people behave in certain ways to provoke us to react in certain ways. If we stop reacting in these certain ways, we take all the fun out of it for them.

Patience . . . speaks of a person's steadfastness under provocation . . .enduring ill-treatment without anger or thought of retaliation or revenge.

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

[Paradox is] truth standing on its head to gain attention.

As Paul wrote, a love that is patient, showing no jealousy or arrogance, keeping no record of wrong, not seeking its own and not provoked by another's behavior. These are the evidences of true love which flows from those who know the Father and His limitless love for them.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

I wanted to make people think of a totally different way of living from that which we, educated people, live. I would absolutely not want anyone to find it beautiful or good without a thought.

Writing is a form of mischief.

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

Kick in the door, and what did I tell you? Caught in the act, sinfully Scrabbling. Quick, eat those words.