of all the foolish Fears of Humankind, Fear of the Future is by far the most foolish. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should." — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I've kept journals at many times in my life starting from when I was about 13 or 14. But it's boring and… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“I loved Aphrodite from the first and steeped myself in her legends. My mother told me that in ancient times her rituals… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“How did I get to be a grown-up? At times, I find myself still sitting on the hillside, plotting revenge against the… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Every time women make tremendous strides, the right wing gets terrified and creates laws making it hard to get an abortion or… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
The future is merely a shadow which blocks out the joys of the present and emphasizes the miseries of the past. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
A baby's a full time job for three adults. Nobody tells you that when you're pregnant, or you'd probably jump off a… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth) I… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
we need poetry most at those moments when life astounds us with losses, gains, or celebrations. We need it most when we… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly...spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
From Roman times to the present, Italy has been a country to fall in love with - a tribute to all that… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present. — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
It is the artists who make the true value of the world, though at times they may have to starve to do… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the… — Erica Jong Copy Share
Will you ever? I dont think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am.I don't think… — Erica Jong Copy Share
Give advice to your children while they're young enough to believe you know what you're talking about. — Erica Jong Copy Share
Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household. — Erica Jong Copy Share
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it. — Erica Jong Copy Share
I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to… — Erica Jong Copy Share
“Naomi Wolf dares to explode the myth of 'victim feminism' and pleads for allowing women to be as full of good and bad desires… — Erica Jong Copy Share
The Lives of Great Men are more oft' at variance with their profess'd Phillosophies than consistent with 'em. — Erica Jong Copy Share
Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If… — Erica Jong Copy Share
Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart. — Erica Jong Copy Share
