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Erica Jong
Advice is what...
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
It is for...
It is for this, partly, that I write. How can I know what I think unless I see what I...
Everyone has talent....
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it...
No one ever...
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the...
I went for...
I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged . . . I had...
Growing up female...
Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice...
Ambivalence is a...
Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.
Source:...
And the trouble...
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Source: In...
Bigamy is having...
Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.
Source: In Webster's...
Fame means millions...
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
Source:
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When I was...
When I was a ten-year-old book worm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it...
There is nothing...
There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great...
Everyone has talent....
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark places where it...
I have accepted...
I have accepted fear as a part of life -- specifically the fear of change. . . . I have gone ahead despite the...
Jealousy is all...
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Source: Fear of Flying, 1973
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Your morals are...
Your morals are like roads through the Alps. They make these hairpin turns all the time.
Where is Hollywood...
Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by...
Surviving meant being...
Surviving meant being born over and over.
Source:
-- Erica Jong, (Mar 26...
I went for...
I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. . . . I had...
Writing is one...
Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really...
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