Roland Barthes

The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning.

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth.

To eat steak rare... represents both a nature and a morality.

A myth is a lie that conceals or reveals a truth. But if it reveals even a strand of history or truth, that's what gets my adrenaline going.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.