My greatest interest in it was certainly not to avoid those things that were going to be controversial about the family but the interest I had in the story was predominantly what he was pursuing and not as much what he was fleeing.
I'd be very controversial if I said why, and I don't do controversial anymore. That's too passé. So last year. Being controversial is boring now.
How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?
One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.
I've always been willing to take risks and chances. Often I'm on talk shows and hosts will ask 'How do you feel about it, when people say you're controversial?' And I say that, 'I think if I stop being controversial, I wouldn't be doing my job.
I've always been called "controversial." I think if I were not controversial I wouldn't be doing my job.
I was always controversial, being gay, so nothing was more controversial than that.
I've never intended to be controversial but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.
I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.
I've never intended to be controversial, but it's very easy to be controversial in pop music because nobody ever is.
That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.
We knew that 'Naked Attraction' was going to be controversial but as long as youre being controversial for the right reasons, I have absolutely no problem with it.
Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.
I've never tried to be controversial. The truth is controversial enough.
I'm not going to back down from my controversial positions. If I were to do that, my base would be gone. And so my strategy is just, continue to speak the truth, even if it is controversial.
If you see me as a controversial artist or controversial human being, then I could be cashing in on some reality shows. I am not doing anything like that. That's not my aim.