Often I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
ERICA JONGOften I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
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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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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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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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
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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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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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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.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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Home is where your books are.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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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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