“Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times and are not afflicted by personal immunity.” WritingSinInterestingViolenceSavedInconvenienceImmunity Book:Everyday Use Source: Everyday Use
“As a mother trying to raise kids with some kind of a code, an honorable way to solve problems without using violence, I find it interesting to live in a country where your government is allowed to kill, whether it's war or execution. What interests me is not who deserves to die but who deserves to kill.” WayTryingKindWarCountryProblemGovernmentKidsMotherDiesInterestInterestingViolenceDeserveRaisesSolveCodeExecutionHonorableDeath Penalty Author:Susan Sarandon
“As an adult, I really don't watch much horror, to be honest. I mean, I like a good thrill. Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump. But what I don't like is the gore. I don't like gratuitous violence and killing and all that kind of stuff. So it's kind of an interesting paradox.” KindMeanStuffInterestingWatchesViolenceHonestHorrorAdultsKillingMy FavoriteEdgesBeing HonestSeatsParadoxThrillGoreThrillers Author:Corey Feldman
“Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.” SexInterestingViolenceSoutherner Author:Karin Slaughter
“Taboos are always going to be interesting.Our [ with Michael Dumontier] style has its range and there is room for explicitness in violence, but not at the expense of our classy, highbrow image.” InterestingRoomsViolenceStyleRangeExpensesTaboo Author:Neil Farber
“I don't mind violence, but it's quite an interesting thing for people to deal with. I don't know many people that like fighting. I certainly don't, myself. But it's always interesting to work on a shows where there's so much violence, as a part of the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldMindShowsFightingInterestingDealsViolenceInteresting Things Author:Antony Starr
“I think people are propelled towards violence, and what propels them is much more interesting than the actual act of violence itself.” PeopleThinkingInterestingViolenceActs Of Violence Author:Colin Farrell
“Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment. It's an interesting phenomena and I tried to put it in perspective and tried to think through a few of the real questions that this sometimes unseemly business raises.” ThinkingRealSometimesInterestingViolenceTelevisionPerspectiveRaisesEntertainmentReal Questions Author:Bill James
“I've been trying to get away from physical violence; it's too easy; it doesn't satisfy me artistically to work with it. Dramatic violence is much more interesting, but it's much more difficult.” TryingEasyDifficultInterestingViolenceDramaticGet AwayPhysical Violence Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“If people see North American hockey and they see violence and brutality and it's not so interesting, that sends a message too about your culture.” PeopleIfsCultureInterestingViolenceMessagesHockeyBrutality Author:Gabe Polsky
“There are lots of guns and action in my drawings, and part of that is just to make them more interesting. Because you can go through a whole film and it's mostly talking heads and little else until the action scenes, and they're usually violence or physical stuff. Same with baseball, or any sport. Except I find pitching and batting are visually very striking.” LittlesWholeActionFilmStuffSportsInterestingTalkingViolenceSceneGunBaseballDrawingPitchingBattingTalking Heads Author:Raymond Pettibon
“Interesting. You Earth people glorify organized violence for 40 centuries, but you imprison those who employ it privately.” PeopleEarthInterestingViolenceCenturyOrganizedGlorifyIllogicalMr Spock Author:Leonard Nimoy
“You must understand that violence in a movie is only a tool. If it's used badly, it will be horrible. If it's used correctly, it can be very interesting. But, essentially, it's just a tool.” IfsUsedInterestingViolenceToolsHorribleVery Interesting Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“I think people's relationship with the concept of violence changes, and that to me might be a little more interesting.” PeopleThinkingLittlesMightInterestingViolenceConcepts Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I always wanted to be a part of Nicolas Winding Refn world, but knew he would never make a movie that has a teenage girl as a lead. Obviously not. Then I heard he was and it was in the fashion world. What? Just combining what we think of [with Refn] - masculinity and violence - in his films with that world was so interesting to me.” ThinkingWorldWantedFilmGirlInterestingViolenceHeardFashionTeenageMasculinityCombiningTeenage GirlFashion World Author:Elle Fanning
“The second half [of Valley of Violence], you're with the guys that you should hate, but when you start seeing what their real lives are, you're like, "I do hate you, but at the same time, all right - maybe take it down a notch." The complications of all that are what's so interesting to me, those esoteric details - that's what people will hopefully take away from the movie.” PeopleShouldRealGuyHateInterestingHalfViolenceSeeingDetailsReal LifeHopefullyValleysHate YouComplicationEsotericNotches Author:Ti West
“Toby [Huss] gets shot, or that part when [John] Travolta says this, or the part where Ethan [Hawke] says that cool thing - those details are the things that are interesting to me. So just acknowledging we don't have a lot of money [for Valley of Violence], so we're going to make a Western that's kind of contained, but we're going to make it super charismatic and we're going to make it memorable for what it is as opposed to what we couldn't afford.” KindInterestingViolenceShotsWesternDetailsMemorableValleysLots Of MoneyCharismaticCool ThingsToby Author:Ti West
“terrorism is interesting to a novelist because it's a crime that's driven by an idea, as opposed to some kind of base materialist impulse. It's not like stealing from someone's house, or even assassinating someone. There are very complex ideological reasons behind these almost abstract acts of violence.” KindReasonHouseInterestingViolenceCrimeTerrorismDrivenStealingImpulseAbstractIdeological Author:Karan Mahajan
“One thing I think is interesting is the Jedi in the prequels are supposed to be peacekeepers, and certainly had a very artful way of making war. They had an artful way of defending themselves and inciting violence, really. You find that the Jedi who survived all of that had a much more simpler way of going about things.” ThinkingWarInterestingViolence Author:Samuel Witwer
“There have been lots and lots of fatwas against violence. But it is an interesting question. A Mufti is the person that issues the fatwa and you'll find Muftis at all the Madrasas. Basically once you've studied for long enough you have the authority to issue a fatwa. But there are limits. I can bang on and on on the point but all I'm really saying is that there isn't a simple answer.” LongEnoughSimpleInterestingViolenceAuthority Author:Sadakat Kadri