Writing Quotes by Erica Jong
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Jong points out that writers often write because they love it, not for money. She says subjects choose the writer more than the writer chooses them, and that pain is easier to put into words than joy, which can feel wordless. She also describes how time seems to disappear when she sits at her desk.
![“[Henry Miller] was such a scribomaniac that even when he lived in the same house as Lawrence Durrell they often exchanged letters. For most of his life, Henry wrote literally dozens of letters a day to people he could have easily engaged in conversation - and did. The writing process, in short…” quote by Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/109/erica-jong-445_breaths_henry-miller-was-such-a-scribomaniac-tha_1241882.jpg)
