The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
ERICA JONGSolitude is un-American.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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