I am not myself with people [...] but am I myself when alone? That seems unlikely, too. - Susan Sontag

I don’t feel guilt at being unsociable, though I may sometimes regret it because my loneliness is painful. But when I move into the world, it feels like a moral fall – like seeking love in a whorehouse.

The United States is a generically religious society. That is, in the United States it's not important which religion you adhere to, as long as you have one.

The best criticism, and it is uncommon, is of this sort that dissolves considerations of content into those of form.