Friday, April 17, 2009

Henry Miller

INTERVIEWER: Didn't you say somewhere, "I am for obscenity and against pornography"?

MILLER: Well, it's very simple. The obscene would be the forthright, and pornography would be the roundabout. I believe in saying the truth, coming out with it cold, shocking if necessary, not disguising it. In other words, obscenity is a cleansing process, whereas pornography only adds to the murk.

For the full interview, see the Paris Review.

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