Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONGDo all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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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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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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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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If 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.
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Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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You can’t be creative and still be a good girl.
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