Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
ERICA JONGAllow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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I 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.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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