You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
ERICA JONGGossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved…Freedom is…not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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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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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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