Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
ERICA JONGEvery country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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It 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.
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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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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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