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.
ERICA JONGYoung people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That’s one reason old men can send them to war.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
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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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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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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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As long as I’m facing the right direction, it doesn’t matter the size of my steps.
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A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match.
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Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel – but how much joy you feel
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