The only story that seems worth writing is a cry, a shot, a scream. A story should break the reader's heart.
Susan Sontagthe process of building a self and its works is always too slow. One is always in arrears to oneself.
Susan SontagMozart, Pascal, Boolean algebra, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, baroque churches, Newton, the emancipation of women, Kant, Balanchine ballets, et al. donโt redeem what this particular civilization has wrought upon the world. The white race is the cancer of human history.
Susan Sontag