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 JONGCompose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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It is the nature of those books we call classics to wait patiently on the shelf for us to grow into them.
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Our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.
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It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.
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Love is love, but marriage is an investment.
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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Flesh is merely a lesson. We learn it & pass on.
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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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I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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The soul is awakened through service.
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Why does life need evidence of life?
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