Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
ERICA JONGThe words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton’s first law of jealousy.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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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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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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Do 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.
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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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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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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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