Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops – in general, doing everything men do.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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