To me, literature is a calling, even a kind of salvation. It connects me with an enterprise that is over 2,000 years old. What do we have from the past? Art and thought. Thatโs what lasts. Thatโs what continues to feed people and give them an idea of something better.
Susan SontagWhat I really wanted was every kind of life, and the writerโs life seemed the most inclusive.
Susan SontagUnfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable.
Susan Sontag