D. H. Lawrence Quotes

there is no pornography without a secrecy.

At the moment my art is situated between the pornographic tendency to reveal everything and the erotic inclination to hide what it's all about.

The whole question of pornography seems to me a question of secrecy. Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and modesty are two utterly different things. Secrecy has always an element of fear in it, amounting very often to hate. Modesty is gentle and reserved. Today, modesty is thrown to the winds, even in the presence of the grey guardians. But secrecy is hugged, being a vice in itself. And the attitude of the grey ones is: Dear young ladies, you may abandon all modesty, so long as you hug your dirty little secret.

And I certainly won't lay out areas of my life that I think are just private.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.

I didn't think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that.

God forbid we keep a couple secrets in this day and age!

It's not my habit to kiss and tell. I've never done it.

My anonymity is something I treasure.

I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death.

I don't want anyone seeing me naked.

I don't like to take my clothes off.

With things in my personal life, if I talk about it, it doesn't stay personal.

I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.

I try to keep my private life kind of private.

There are things I've done in the past I'm not proud of - and I could talk about them if I wanted to - but I don't reveal my secrets... I prefer certain things to remain personal; there have to be boundaries. And I don't think you need a scandal to have an interesting story.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

I like to keep most of my private life private.

There are big parts of my life that I don't share. I don't share myself eating dinner with my family. I don't talk about who I'm dating. That's private; that's me.

I want to keep my private life private.

I try to keep my private life private.

I've always been really private about my personal life. I don't talk about it.

They wanted to hear about the sex, of course. But not the rest; no one wanted to hear the rest.

I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself.

I like to keep my private life private for the most part.