“Depression is melancholy minus its charms.”
Source: Illness as Metaphor
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Source: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
Frankfurt Book Fair speech (2003)
Salon interview (2001)
Context: 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.
“The really important thing is not to reject anything.”
Source: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
"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)
“It is passivity that dulls feeling.”
Source: Regarding the Pain of Others
“Nothing is mysterious, no human relation. Except love.”
Source: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
“Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it's the secret to good sex.”
Source: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.”
Frankfurt Book Fair speech (2003)
Context: 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.
Source: At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
Source: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
"Against Interpretation" (1964), p. 8
Against Interpretation and Other Essays (1966)