Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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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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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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If you don’t have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don’t know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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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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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.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
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