Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
ERICA JONGIf 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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Solitude is un-American.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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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.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.
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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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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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