I myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
ERICA JONGWe were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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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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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth)
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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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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I don’t think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star
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There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.
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I don’t know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else’s erotica that you don’t like.
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You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner.
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My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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