Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
ERICA JONGI am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn’t have to choose. And I believe that’s always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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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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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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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.
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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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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 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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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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