Camille Paglia

There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.

I remember turning 'The Sopranos' on once and within two minutes nearly throwing a brick through the screen.

You know, in high school I thought Catholicism was funny and sort of ridiculous, but then I also liked it, too. Like, I definitely turned to it in times of trouble.

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.