"Susan Sontag's essays are great interpretations, and even fulfillments, of what is really going on." –Carlos Fuentes
"A dazzling intellectual performance." –
Vogue "Susan Sontag is a writer of rare energy and provocative newness." –
The Nation "The theoretical portions of her book are delightful to read because she can argue so well. . . . Her ideas are consistently stimulating." –
Commentary "She has come to symbolize the writer and thinker in many variations: as analyst, rhapsodist, and roving eye, as public scold and portable conscience." –
Time