Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONGThey keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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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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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not by exhortation.
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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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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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