The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.

Quote by Susan Sontag

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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...

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...

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...

What we need is to use what we have.

What we need is to use what we have.

Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every...

Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every...

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...

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.

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential...

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential...

It is not the position, but the disposition.

It is not the position, but the disposition.

Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an...

Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an...

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.

Lying is an elementary means of self-defense.

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...

The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.

The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.

What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in...

What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in...

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro....

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro....

To photograph is to confer importance.

To photograph is to confer importance.

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 love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can...

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can...

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter...

LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...