Notes toward an evaluation of I, etcetera, a collection of stories by Susan Sontag:

Be objective. Note general characteristics. Eight stories, conventionally unconventional. Not much plot, not much action, not many incidents. Lots of wondering about things, though. And deadpan serious.

"Don't panic. Confession is nothing, knowledge is everything." That's a quote but I'm not going to tell who said it. Hints:—a writer—somebody wise—an Austrian (i.e., a Viennese Jew)—a refugee—he died in America in 1951.

Confession is me, knowledge is everybody."

S. Quotes a lot. And hints a lot….

In sum: pseudo-random selection of quasi or cyrpto-autobiographical details. Not much fun. Not very funny.

"No man"—or woman, for that matter—"ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the American people"—or by flattering the prejudices of self-styled cognoscenti. That's—in part—a quote too, but I'm not going to tell who...