Art is always an energy exchange.
ERICA JONGCompose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.
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I have accepted fear as a part of life – specifically the fear of change… I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.
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The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
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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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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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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 myself hate that old Hemingwayesque paradigm of the writer as prizefighter and I have tried hard to create an alternate one for myself.
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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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Souls have neither Sex nor Colour.
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Is perception equivalent to existence?
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Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss.
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