Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
ERICA JONGAllow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
ERICA JONGCompose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONGDriving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
ERICA JONGI have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
ERICA JONGThe trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
ERICA JONGGossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
ERICA JONGIt’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
ERICA JONGI look forward and see myself look back.
ERICA JONGI don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
ERICA JONGYou are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
ERICA JONGIt takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
ERICA JONGIf, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
ERICA JONGHow wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
ERICA JONGDo all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
ERICA JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
ERICA JONGI stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
ERICA JONG