My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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The sexuality doesn’t end. It really doesn’t. You’re sexual your whole life, if you’re a sexual person.
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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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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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I don’t think that sex necessarily produces intimacy.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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