I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
ERICA JONGI stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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Home is where your books are.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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