Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
ERICA JONGThough my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
ERICA JONGSolitude is un-American.
ERICA JONGIf 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.
ERICA JONGSouls have neither Sex nor Colour.
ERICA JONGI hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
ERICA JONGIt really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONGPerhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
ERICA JONGDo you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. That’s why people are so cynical about it.
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
ERICA JONGHumor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
ERICA JONGMy advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
ERICA JONGI don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
ERICA JONGWhat I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
ERICA JONGThe camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
ERICA JONG