If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONGI don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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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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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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