It is not the position, but the disposition.

Quote by Susan Sontag

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What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death.

What pornography is really about, ultimately, isn't sex but death.

The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or...

The problems of this world are only truly solved in two ways: by extinction or...

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to...

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to...

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my...

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my...

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually...

The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually...

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of...

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of...

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate...

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate...

I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various...

I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various...

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

Perversity is the muse of modern literature

Perversity is the muse of modern literature

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

A wicked book cannot repent

A wicked book cannot repent

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find...

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find...