Dan Levy Quotes

I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point, whatever I am doing is failing to elicit a response, whether it's very positive or very negative, then I am going to stop doing it.

I think the last thing you want to do as a writer, as a storyteller, is to create indifference. I don't necessarily go out of my way to provoke, but I would much rather have a song that triggers a whole myriad of reactions than a song that inspires a shrug of the shoulder.

As an artist, I want a reaction.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.

I prefer to make a film that people have a really intense reaction to than have a film that people feel ambivalent about.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

If I'm not moved from one spot to another, internally, while I'm witnessing it, reading it, consuming it, whatever, I don't know why we're being asked to the party.

The most important thing is to illicit some reaction, good or bad. If some people are repellent to me, so be it. If some people are attracted to me, great. At the end, that's the object of entertainment - you want to provoke a reaction.

I just don't ever want it to be nice. I'd prefer someone had a violent reaction to my collection than ever call it 'nice.'

For me, the greatest pleasure is when you make something, and everyone argues about it.

I prefer to create friction. Because if you're not pushing buttons, you're just making something pleasant; it's probably been done before, and it's not making anyone feel anything.

I hope my films will never completely be without the ability to mark anybody.

Entertainment provides relief. Art provokes engagement.

The pictures which do not represent an intense interest cannot expect to create an intense interest.

I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.

Movies should make people uncomfortable sometimes.

I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.

Love me or hate me, it's all in my favor. If you love me, I'll always be in your heart. If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind.

I've never really been met with indifference, where they say, 'Who cares?' I think that's what good art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to make you feel good about your own prejudices and your own values; it's supposed to open you up in some way and get you outraged or make you happy or make you sad or whatever it's going to do.

It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.

I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right.

I'm well aware that no matter how big of a jerk I am, some people will cheer me, and no matter what I do, some people will boo me, and that's fine. I just need to elicit emotion. That's all I care about.

I do say things in a way that is going to elicit a response from people.

That's the difference between even the best video game and what's going on in books. Video games can inspire a reaction, but not the emotions.

Like 'Love/Hate,' maybe 'Taken Down' can get people talking as well.