Conflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONGConflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONGSilence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
ERICA JONGLife is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
ERICA JONGPeople are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
ERICA JONGMy advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
ERICA JONGWhy does life need evidence of life?
ERICA JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
ERICA JONGLove is love, but marriage is an investment.
ERICA JONGIs perception equivalent to existence?
ERICA JONGYou can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
ERICA JONGThere is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
ERICA JONGAdvice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
ERICA JONGIt 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.
ERICA JONGMany 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.
ERICA JONGIt is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
ERICA JONGEvery country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
ERICA JONG