Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
ERICA JONGConflict is the soul of literature.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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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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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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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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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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If 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.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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As women got little crumbs of power, men began to act paranoid – as if we’d disabled them utterly.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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