Stewart Lee Quotes

If you're going to do something that's going to cause offence to people, you're always going to get a reaction.

Controversy seems to be a by-product of what I do, rather like offence is the by-product of a dog urinating on the pavement. It just happens.

Well, I'm not afraid to say something if I think it's funny, even if it's harsh or racist.

I'm responsible for what I say, but I'm not responsible about how people interpret my situation.

I'm not politically correct; I never said I was.

I don't just want to upset people and shock people by saying something really outrageous.

I like to think of myself as an equal opportunity offender.

Saying the “wrong” thing, a purposefully offensive or demonstrably false thing, has become, for the disaffected, a mark of integrity.

Sometimes I'm convinced that one day I'm going to draw the cartoon that offends everyone, and that'll be the end.

I don't think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don't mind being provocative in content.

I love saying terrible things. Things that I think are terrible and I've gotten in to trouble in the past - just hearing it come out of my mouth or seeing it typed and seeing it out there - something terrible that in real life isn't funny.

I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.

I hope to offend every reader.

You have to remember the police used to raid and arrest the audience for seeing Scorpio Rising (1964), or Jack Smith movies. Wouldn't that be exciting today, if you see went to the movie and everyone at the IFC was arrested in a paddy wagon and taken away?

I'm not afraid to take on somebody or say something that somebody will find offensive because unfortunately in comedy, you can't say anything really good without offending somebody.

If you are not offending people who ought to be offended, you're doing something wrong.

There is nothing that's off limits. If people think something is off limits, I make it my business to go make a joke about it; that's my job.

I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.

Even if people hate my other movies, and hate me, or whatever, I think from this point of view, Postal is the most important movie after September 11. It's not respecting any edge, any border, any nation, any religion - it's an all-type offender. I think that only if everybody gets a little pissed about something then you will start thinking about your situation.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

What is the quality of your intent? Certain people have a way of saying things that shake us at the core. Even when the words do not seem harsh or offensive, the impact is shattering. What we could be experiencing is the intent behind the words. When we intend to do good, we do. When we intend to do harm, it happens. What each of us must come to realize is that our intent always comes through.

Intolerance is a beautiful thing...There are people that are politically correct that want to say the cardinal sin of the hour is intolerance and I think that is a bunch of junk.

It's pretty hard to offend me. I actually think people are a little too easily offended.

It's unfiltered conversation and I love it. I also like to argue with children, so it's the perfect platform for me.