The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art – and, by analogy, our own experience – more, rather than less, real to us. The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to show what it means. – Susan Sontag
The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects – making it possible… to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. – Susan Sontag
The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons. – Susan Sontag
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. – Susan Sontag
And then I went to Dawsons Creek, which is a show that was, for better or for worse, all about the language. It was a word-perfect show, which Id never had any experience with. And it was really shocking for me. I felt really hemmed in. At the time, it wasnt my favorite working experience. – Busy Philipps