Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
ERICA JONGA new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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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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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap.
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What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation.
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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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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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