I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion.
ERICA JONGFear is a sign-usually a sign that I’m doing something right.
More Erica Jong Quotes
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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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Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare
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What was the point of spending your life with someone you were always looking for ways to decieve?
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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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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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Because I loved myself, I was loved.
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The trick is not how much pain you feel–but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain.
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Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.
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I look forward and see myself look back.
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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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I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
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Images are … a kind of emotional shorthand.
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Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?
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Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
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No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
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How could one create life with someone who represented death?
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Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
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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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Solitude is un-American.
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Keeping a journal implies hope.
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And what if I don’t want forgiveness?
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Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.
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Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
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There’s always a backlash against progressive ideas.
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Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers…but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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