“Pornography is certainly more beautiful than eroticism. Eroticism is ugly. Eroticism is an ideology... there is nothing more boring than eroticism, it's worse than poetry, even. I say three cheers for pornography.”
“The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.”
“Laughter is the lightning rod of play, the eroticism of conversation.”
“Eroticism thrives in the space between the self and the other.”
“Martin, at my age, eroticism is reduced to enjoying caramel custard and looking at widows' necks.”