Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
ERICA JONGIt is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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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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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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