Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
ERICA JONGFame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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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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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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In loving life you love what can’t survive.
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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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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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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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I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
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Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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