A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
ERICA JONGAdvice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Don’t ye know that ev’ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can’t function without it.
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Of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish.
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
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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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Loving someone is a loss of freedom – but one doesn’t think of it as loss because one gains so much else.
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The camera creates a magical transformation. It’s not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. …
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You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
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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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Art is always an energy exchange.
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Anger is really disappointed hope.
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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.
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