“Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés.”
“Vampire? Such a provocative word, wrapped in too many clichés and girly novels.”
“Thus Hawkes (1975)maintained that pornography is not explicit sex, but 'uncaring sex,' but could add that '[t]o me, censorship is pornographic.”
“A novel without readers is still a novel. It has meaning, since it has had at least one reader, the person who wrote it. Its range of meanings, however, is quite limited. Add readers, add meaning.”
“But hold fast. Before you become too flushed at the prospect of starring nightly in your own private pornographic films, there are limitations.”
“love doesn't make itself felt in the desire for copulation ( a desire that extends to an infinite number of women) but in the desire for shared sleep (a desire limited to one woman)”