As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
ERICA JONGReally true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life.
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People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn’t. Social attitudes don’t change in a straight line.
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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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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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People are interested in their own sexuality and they’ve always reflected it in their art. End of story.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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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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Before things are written down they don’t exist in quite the same way. The act of fixing them in words gives them a kind of currency that can be traded.
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Art is always an energy exchange.
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It’s horrible getting older. I mean, it’s wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it’s horrible losing your looks.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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