Susan Sontag Quotes

The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.

Susan Sontag

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1933 - December 28, 2004

Topics

InterestingQuestionsAnswersDestroy

No poem is easily grasped; so why should any reader expect fast results?

John Barton

PoetryResultsFastWhyExpectPoem

What I do for Make-A-Wish is I make children and families that are up against some pretty tough circumstances, I let them come into our WWE universe, and I do my best to make them feel good. I've seen a lot of kids and a lot of families happy, and I think people are going to watch 'American Grit' and have emotional moments.

John Cena

GoodChildrenBestHappyPeople

In my work, I explore my own Catholic obsessions.

Andres Serrano

WorkMy OwnExploreOwnCatholic

The things that block a writer are not the lack of words, but the same things that block all people - the difficulties of life.

Max Apple

LifeWordsPeopleDifficultiesSame

As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

GreatYouWantWriteWriter

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

Alva Myrdal

HopeMenPeaceCooperationWill

I'm not at all sure dialogue is meant to advance the story; I know that sometimes it is the story.

Ron Carlson

Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It's a little bit like you block the move.

Ron Livingston

TimeViolenceYouLittleMoveStuff

Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me.

Jonathan Anderson

MeFashionBuildingFindingYouNew

Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in.

Diane von Furstenberg

WorkVisionGardeningConfidentYou

A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear.

Clare Balding

FearLookingDarkKnowDark Side

I met Sonny after (Blind Boy) Fuller died, and me and Sonny played in the streets like everybody else.

Brownie McGhee

MeBlindBoyStreetsLikeEverybody

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