Self-exposure is commendable in art only when it is of a quality and complexity that allows other people to learn about themselves from it.
Susan SontagThe wisdom of literature is quite antithetical to having opinions. 'Nothing is my last word about anything,' said Henry James. Furnishing opinions, even correct opinions - whenever asked - cheapens what novelists and poets do best, which is to sponsor reflectiveness, to pursue complexity. Information will never replace illumination.
Susan Sontag