There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
ERICA JONGThere are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
ERICA JONGI want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
ERICA JONGEvery country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
ERICA JONGIf 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.
ERICA JONGIf we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
ERICA JONGFame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
ERICA JONGI 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.
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
ERICA JONGIt’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.
ERICA JONGNarrative- and image-making creatures like humans don’t feel any experience is complete unless it’s recorded.
ERICA JONGFriends love misery… our misery is what endears us to our friends.
ERICA JONGI see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
ERICA JONGThe best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
ERICA JONGIt’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
ERICA JONGFlesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
ERICA JONGJealousy is all the fun you think they had.
ERICA JONG