Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
ERICA JONGIf we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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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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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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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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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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