Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Susan Sontag
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More Quotes By Susan Sontag
  1. The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.
  2. That's the source of the meditation on death I've carried in my heart all my life.
  3. A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.", Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]
  4. The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one--or both. Usually both.
  5. Writing is a mysterious activity.
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