“Let us ask... how things work at the level of on-going subjugation, at the level of those continuous and uninterrupted processes which subject our bodies, govern our gestures, dictate our behaviors, etc... we should try to discover how it is that subjects are gradually, progressively, really and materially constituted through a multiplicity of organisms, forces, energies, materials, desires, thoughts, etc. We should try to grasp subjection in its material instance as a constitution of subjects.” ShouldTryingBodyDesireAsksEnergyForceProcessLevelsPowerSubjectsMaterialsBehaviorConstitutionInstanceEtcGesturesOrganismsMultiplicitySubjectionSubjugation Author:Michel Foucault
“My feeling about fiction, regardless of the genre, is that it is meant to be a representation of life. I want my books to give a whole spectrum of experiences to my readers. Not just fear or terror or revulsion, but excitement, laughter, pain, sorrow, desire, etc.” WantGivingBookWholeFeelingsPainDesireFictionReaderSorrowLaughterTerrorGenreExcitementEtcMeant To BeRepresentationSpectrumGenre IsRevulsion Author:Richard Laymon
“I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule -- and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.)” PeopleLooksDoeStillsSoulEndsDesireFoundSimpleFameWeaknessSlavePleasantEtcFollowersInwardRoyalCloaksShrouds Book:Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist Source: Nietzsche: Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
“[You write out of the] desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, etc., etc., etc. It is humbug to pretend this is not a motive and a strong one.” WritingSeemsDesireStrongCleverRememberedMotiveEtcAfter DeathHumbug Author:George Orwell
“I see no reason in morality, why literature should not have as one of its intentions the arousing of thoughts of lust. It is one of the effects, perhaps one of the functions of literature to arouse desire, and I can discover no grounds for saying that sexual pleasure should not be among the objects of desire which literature presents to us, along with heroism, virtue, peace, death, food, wisdom, God, etc.” ShouldI CanReasonDesireLiteraturePleasureVirtueEffectsObjectsMoralityFunctionIntentionLustEtcNo ReasonHeroismObjects Of Desire Author:Lionel