Susan Sontag • 3 december 1963

• Reborn bevat (dagboek)notities van schrijfster Susan Sontag (1933-2004) uit de periode 1947-1963.

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The writer must be four people:

1. The nut, the obsédé
2. The moron
3. The stylist
4. The critic


1 supplies the material; 2 lets it come out; 3 is taste; 4 is intelligence.

A great writer has all 4 — but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2; they’re most important.