Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
ERICA JONGCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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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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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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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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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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