Direct Quote: You might say there are two kinds of writers: those who keep a journal in the hope that its contents might someday be published, and those who do not keep a journal for fear that its contents might someday be published.
Paraphrase: Sante believes that writers who keep journals either want the contents to be published or they are afraid that the contents will be published.
Direct Quote: In the end, Rieff decided that Sontag’s narrative of self-creation trumped any concern for discretion.
Paraphrase: Reif felt the development of honesty in Sontag's writings made it possible for her to avoid worrying about self-censoring.
Direct quote: Even if, later on, she was able to examine and analyze certain aspects of popular culture...she could undertake such a thing only in service to a higher goal — she was immune to subintellectual cultural pleasures.
Paraphrase: Even though Sontag examined and analyzed popular culture, she only engaged in these activities in order to write about them.
