Conflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONGConflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONGTake your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
ERICA JONGAnd the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONGHumor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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.
ERICA JONGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
ERICA JONGThe future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
ERICA JONGIt 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.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
ERICA JONGSomeday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
ERICA JONGYou are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
ERICA JONGAs long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
ERICA JONGI have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
ERICA JONGI hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
ERICA JONG