Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
ERICA JONGTake your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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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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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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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 by exhortation.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Home is where your books are.
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If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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