Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
ERICA JONGCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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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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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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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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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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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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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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