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 JONGBetrayal betrays the betrayer.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
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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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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Home is where your books are.
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Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man.
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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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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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It’s easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates (470-399 B.C.) “Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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