Eroticism is mystique; that is, the aura of emotion and imagination around sex. It cannot be 'fixed' by codes of social or moral convenience, whether from the political left or right. For nature's fascism is greater than that of any society. There is a daemonic instability in sexual relations that we may have to accept.

My anti-liberal position should not be mistaken for conservatism.

The more woman aims for personal identity and autonomy ... the fiercer will be her struggle with nature - that is, with the intractable physical laws of her own body. And the more nature will punish her: 'Do not dare to be free! For your body does not belong to you.'

Pornography is human imagination in tense theatrical action; its violations are a protest against the violations of our freedom by nature.

Every reading is partial, but that does not absolve us from the quest for meaning, which defines us as a species.

Society is an artificial construction, a defense against nature's power.

Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.