The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
ERICA JONGThe parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
ERICA JONGYou see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
ERICA JONGHumor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONGYoung people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
ERICA JONGCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
ERICA JONGA book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
ERICA JONGThe trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
ERICA JONGAnd what if I don’t want forgiveness?
ERICA JONGI want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
ERICA JONGIf sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all.
ERICA JONGI have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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 JONGSolitude is un-American.
ERICA JONGNarrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
ERICA JONGHow 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.
ERICA JONGI look forward and see myself look back.
ERICA JONG