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.
ERICA JONGHome is where your books are.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
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Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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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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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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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
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Solitude is un-American.
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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one’s nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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Every time I catch myself saying, “Oh no, you shouldn’t try that,” I think, “Yes, I should.”
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage — however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
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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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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you’ve touched my life and made me who I am.
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The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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