I 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.
ERICA JONGEvery time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
More Erica Jong Quotes
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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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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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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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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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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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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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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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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