People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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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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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I’m thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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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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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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