Philip Roth

I'm not angry; I write about angry characters. When I'm doing that, I'm happy. Just like when I'm writing about Mickey Sabbath being lustful, I'm not feeling lustful; I'm happy.

American Novelist

Kirsten Powers

Men don't sexually assault women because they are lustful; they do it because they want to dominate, humiliate and abuse women. They do it because they view women as objects.

American Author

Andy Serkis

Gollum is entirely based on the notion of addiction. The way that the ring pervades him, makes him craving, lustful, depletes him physically, psychologically and mentally.

English Actor

Joan Allen

Acting gave me the opportunity to do outrageous things. It allowed me to be sad, happy, angry and lustful, even if it was just vicariously.

American Actress

Mortimer Adler

Erotic or sexual love can truly be love if it is not selfishly sexual or lustful.

American Philosopher

Lustful typically implies strong sexual desire and can be inappropriate in formal or polite situations.

Sexual Overtones

While often sexual, lustful can describe a deep craving for non-physical things, like power.

Not Always Physical

Using 'lustful' may carry negative judgments, suggesting excess or immorality.

Negative Implication

 Rabbits, meanwhile, could represent human’s lustful natures— and could redeem themselves through attempts to make sacred music despite their failings. All of these references would have been familiar to medieval Europeans from other art forms and oral tradition,