Anger is really disappointed hope.
ERICA JONGThe 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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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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