Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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I 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.
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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.
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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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.
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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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It’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.
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