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I have never written out of a desire to be controversial.

I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

I always thought, 'I could go the route of saying some controversial things and have it explode, just do it like that. But I don't do that.' But of course, it wasn't really up to me.

My intention... isn't to create controversy.

If you get involved in a controversy, then that becomes the mesmerizing event that people remember you by.

I don't shy from controversy. I'm telling stories, and I'll tell whatever story seems like it wants to be told.

If you want to do stuff, you have to be able to handle controversy.

I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.