You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
ERICA JONGYou are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
ERICA JONGMotherhood cannot finally be delegated.
ERICA JONGSilence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
ERICA JONGAlways do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
ERICA JONGCreativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
ERICA JONGYou see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
ERICA JONGA new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
ERICA JONGAs long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
ERICA JONGFame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
ERICA JONGThe dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
ERICA JONGOften I find that poems predict what I’m going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life. So I think poetry is the most intense expression of feeling that we have.
ERICA JONGA poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
ERICA JONGAllow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
ERICA JONGFear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
ERICA JONGArt is always an energy exchange.
ERICA JONG