Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
ERICA JONGFame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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 am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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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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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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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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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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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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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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