I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
ERICA JONGI don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
ERICA JONGWomen 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.
ERICA JONGBetrayal betrays the betrayer.
ERICA JONGLoving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
ERICA JONGSilence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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 JONGWhy does life need evidence of life?
ERICA JONGGossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
ERICA JONGFriends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
ERICA JONGOf all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
ERICA JONGMy 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 JONGAs long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
ERICA JONGI am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
ERICA JONGConflict is the soul of literature.
ERICA JONGIs a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
ERICA JONG