“I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time.”

— Susan Sontag

"The Risk Taker" http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,,635799,00.html, profile/interview by Gary Younge, The Guardian (19 January 2002)
Context: I guess I think I'm writing for people who are smarter than I am, because then I'll be doing something that's worth their time. I'd be very afraid to write from a position where I consciously thought I was smarter than most of my readers.

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American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist 1933–2004

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