Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech.

Quote by Susan Sontag

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

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

It is not the position, but the disposition.

It is not the position, but the disposition.

The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of incongruous quotations) is a Surrealist taste.

The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of incongruous quotations) is a Surrealist taste.

What we need is to use what we have.

What we need is to use what we have.

Perversity is the muse of modern literature

Perversity is the muse of modern literature

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that...

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that...

My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything.

My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

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...

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Sanity is a cozy lie.

It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to...

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to...

What we need is to use what we have.

What we need is to use what we have.

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than...

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than...

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen...

Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen...

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...

Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of...

Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of...

To photograph is to confer importance.

To photograph is to confer importance.