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
The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities. – Susan Sontag
Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene — in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses. – Susan Sontag
Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the conditions of modern life — its material plenitude, its sheer crowdedness — conjoin to dull our sensory faculties. – Susan Sontag
Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, Another romantic comedy? You see her in something like Walk the Line and think, God, youre so great! And then you think, Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies? But of course, its for money and status. – Gwyneth Paltrow