Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
ERICA JONGThe camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.
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And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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Solitude is un-American.
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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 by exhortation.
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It 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.
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Friends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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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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