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About Susan Sontag
American writer and critic
Susan Sontag was an American writer and critic. She worked mainly in essays, and also wrote novels. Her first major work was the essay "Notes on 'Camp'" in 1964. She is best known for critical books such as Against Interpretation, On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, and Regarding the Pain of Others, as well as the short story "The Way We Live Now" and the novels The Volcano Lover and In America. Her work often explored culture, images, and the experience of illness and suffering.
More from Susan Sontag (146 quotes) →Other sayings from Susan Sontag
- “There is nothing wrong with standing back and thinking. To paraphrase several sages: 'Nobody can think and hi…”Susan Sontag
- “If I thought that what I'm doing when I write is expressing myself, I'd junk the typewriter. Writing is a muc…”Susan Sontag
- “The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.”Susan Sontag
- “Lying is the most simple form of self-defence.”Susan Sontag
More Language quotes
- “Music is an international language and it's something that can connect people.”Jackson Wang
- “The thing that makes me want to write a piece of music is having something to talk about, you know? Something…”Max Richter
- “Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are cult…”Elise Boulding
Art: more sayings
- “I think art is the imperfectly perfect or perfectly imperfect way of self-expression.”Justin Tucker
- “I felt really lucky in that I've gotten to know some of my favorite artists; I get to tell them how important…”Finneas
- “We recognize the distinctness of Asian art when we turn to its traditional forms, recognize it as Japanese, C…”F. Sionil Jose
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Books by Susan Sontag
On Photography
2001
Regarding the Pain of Others
2017
Against Interpretation
2001
Illness as metaphor
1978
Death kit
2002