Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
More Erica Jong Quotes
-
-
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONG -
I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
ERICA JONG -
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.
ERICA JONG -
I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
ERICA JONG -
And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
ERICA JONG -
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
ERICA JONG -
Solitude is un-American.
ERICA JONG -
The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
ERICA JONG -
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
ERICA JONG -
Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
ERICA JONG -
If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
ERICA JONG -
I look forward and see myself look back.
ERICA JONG -
There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
ERICA JONG -
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.
ERICA JONG -
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
ERICA JONG