Susan Sontag: Frases en inglés

Susan Sontag era profesora, directora de cine, guionista y escritora estadounidense. Frases en inglés.
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“Depression is melancholy minus its charms.”

Susan Sontag libro Illness as Metaphor

Fuente: Illness as Metaphor

“But just because I am a critic of Israeli policy — and in particular the occupation, simply because it is untenable, it creates a border that cannot be defended — that does not mean I believe the U.S. has brought this terrorism on itself because it supports Israel. I believe bin Laden and his supporters are using this as a pretext. If we were to change our support for Israel overnight, we would not stop these attacks.
I don't think this is what it's really about.”

Susan Sontag

Salon interview (2001)
Contexto: But just because I am a critic of Israeli policy — and in particular the occupation, simply because it is untenable, it creates a border that cannot be defended — that does not mean I believe the U. S. has brought this terrorism on itself because it supports Israel. I believe bin Laden and his supporters are using this as a pretext. If we were to change our support for Israel overnight, we would not stop these attacks.
I don't think this is what it's really about. I think it truly is a jihad, I think there is such a thing. There are many levels to Islamic rage. But what we're dealing with here is a view of the U. S. as a secular, sinful society that must be humbled, and this has nothing to do with any particular aspect of American policy. In my view, there can be no compromise with such a vision. And, no, I don't think we have brought this upon ourselves, which is of course a view that has been attributed to me.

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.”

Susan Sontag

Frankfurt Book Fair speech (2003)
Contexto: A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. That means trying to understand, take in, connect with, what wickedness human beings are capable of; and not be corrupted — made cynical, superficial — by this understanding.

“Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.”

Susan Sontag

"The Imagination of Disaster" from Against Interpretation and Other Essays (1966), p. 212
Against Interpretation and Other Essays (1966)

“Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it's the secret to good sex.”

Susan Sontag

Fuente: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.”

Susan Sontag

Fuente: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

“It is passivity that dulls feeling.”

Susan Sontag Regarding the Pain of Others

Fuente: Regarding the Pain of Others

“I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.”

Susan Sontag

"Susan Sontag Finds Romance" http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/02/books/booksspecial/sontag-romance.html?ex=1168146000&en=d224e29f399a3317&ei=5070, interview with by Leslie Garis, The New York Times (2 August 1992)