A great deal has been written about the forthrightness of the moderns shocking the Victorians, but there is no shock like the one which the forthrigh….

I've always been really dark, and drawn to darker humor. Nothing has been forced, and I don't say anything for shock value..

You have to have something to put your work in otherwise it's not valid.

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist..

Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock..

There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or buffer the pain..

I make movies for money, exclusively for money..

A first visit to a madhouse is always a shock..

Some friends said they weren't surprised to find out Napoleon and I were related, but it came as quite a shock to me..

At the shock of a joke, everything disappears but the present moment..

Well, it's nice being top banana in the shock department..

The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are..

One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful writer, he earned a living. And it was ….

Artists are meant to be madmen, to disturb and shock us..

Just learning that you have MS is such a devastating shock..

When we're not defending and justifying, and we're being very still, our answers can and do shock us..

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best..

I rarely get recognised. It's always a shock when someone notices me. I always think they must be confusing me with someone else..

Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future..

I never dress to shock..

Do not expect pictures to say the expected; some of the best will have surprises for you, which will, at first, shock you..