Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt. Susan Sontag governguiltinexorable Change image and share on social
Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what the artist creates will reflect that, but you can't force it. Susan Sontag artificialartistcomment Change image and share on social
For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied. Susan Sontag affrontconsolationcontrol share on social
A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning. Susan Sontag considerdeathdemean Change image and share on social
Lying is an elementary means of self-defense. Susan Sontag defenseelementarylie Change image and share on social
The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions. Susan Sontag answerdestroyinterest Change image and share on social
The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie. Susan Sontag balancelieopposite Change image and share on social
Lying is the most simple form of self-defence. Susan Sontag defenceformlie Change image and share on social
I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. Susan Sontag attentionenvyfeel Change image and share on social
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. Susan Sontag artdisasterfiction Change image and share on social
