What I really wanted was every kind of life, and the writerโs life seemed the most inclusive.
Susan SontagMy own view is that one cannot be religious in general any more than one can speak language in general; at any given moment one speaks French or English or Swahili or Japanese, but not 'language.
Susan SontagTheories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power, are always an index of how much is not understood about the physical terrain of a disease.
Susan Sontag