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 JONGThe soul is awakened through service.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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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 soul is awakened through service.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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If 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.
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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Do all women have to keep silent for men to speak? Do all women have to be legless for men to walk?
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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