Believe Quotes by Erica Jong

Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.

— Erica Jong

Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.

— Erica Jong

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

— Erica Jong

The hardest part is believing in yourself at the notebook stage. It is like believing in dreams in the morning.

— Erica Jong

All people believe their suffering is greater than others.

— Erica Jong

Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or…

— Erica Jong

Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that…

— Erica Jong

What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is…

— Erica Jong

I don't believe in organized religion. I believe that people should try to connect with their own life force and let it…

— Erica Jong

All natural disasters are comforting because they reaffirm our impotence, in which, otherwise, we might stop believing. At times it is strangely…

— Erica Jong

I believe that there's a force of life in the universe, and that when we're writing or making music or painting, we're…

— Erica Jong

But come back in November or December, in February or March, when the fog, la nebbia, settles upon the city like a…

— Erica Jong

A man assumes that a woman's refusal is just part of a game. Or, at any rate, a lot of men assume…

— Erica Jong

I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional…

— Erica Jong

I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And…

— Erica Jong

I didn't believe in systems. Everything human was imperfect and ultimately absurd. What did I believe in then? In humor. In laughing…

— Erica Jong