--- title: "20 Want Quotes By Erica Jong" description: "20 Want quotes by Erica Jong. Plus more from Erica Jong and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/erica-jong-445_dance_did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and_1916742.jpg" --- > [“Did I want to dance? Of course I did and that's not all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and-that-s-not-all/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/erica-jong-445_dance_did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and_1916742.jpg) > [And what if I don't want forgiveness?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/and-what-if-i-don-t-want-forgiveness/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/erica-jong-445_forgiveness_and-what-if-i-don-t-want-forgiveness-216_2167792.jpg) > [Murky language means someone wants to pick your pocket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/murky-language-means-someone-wants-to-pick-your-pocket/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/erica-jong-445_clarity_murky-language-means-someone-wants-to-pi_2315754.jpg) > [“You want to be a poet and not die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/you-want-to-be-a-poet-and-not-die/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/erica-jong-445_poetry_you-want-to-be-a-poet-and-not-die-147739_1477393.jpg) > [I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-want-you-i-want-you-i-want-you-anything-to-avoid-saying-i-love-you/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/erica-jong-445_i-want-you_i-want-you-i-want-you-i-want-you-anythin_1114431.jpg) > [Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/is-a-currency-worth-anything-if-no-one-wants-it-we-used-to-buy-shoes/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/erica-jong-445_anything_is-a-currency-worth-anything-if-no-one-w_1118465.jpg) > [We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/we-all-parent-the-best-we-can-being-human-we-re-ambivalent-we-want/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/erica-jong-445_ambivalent_we-all-parent-the-best-we-can-being-huma_664344.jpg) > [Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/famous-people-complain-about-fame-but-they-never-want-to-give-it-back/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/erica-jong-445_complain_famous-people-complain-about-fame-but-th_694696.jpg) > [I think a lot of people, when they read about a woman who acknowledges her sexuality and her feelings, get really scared.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-think-a-lot-of-people-when-they-read-about-a-woman-who-acknowledges/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/erica-jong-445_acknowledge_i-think-a-lot-of-people-when-they-read-a_1301412.jpg) > [As a reader, I want a book to kidnap me into its world. Its world must make my so-called real world seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/as-a-reader-i-want-a-book-to-kidnap-me-into-its-world-its-world-must/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/erica-jong-445_bereft_as-a-reader-i-want-a-book-to-kidnap-me-i_1701257.jpg) > [Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/anybody-who-instantly-goes-from-being-a-poet-and-a-graduate-student/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/erica-jong-445_attack_anybody-who-instantly-goes-from-being-a_2244448.jpg) > [I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-think-feminism-means-what-it-has-always-meant-women-want-to-use-all/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/erica-jong-445_always_i-think-feminism-means-what-it-has-alway_3151152.jpg) > [Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/not-everybody-has-to-be-a-parent-in-fact-in-an-overpopulated-world/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/erica-jong-445_children_not-everybody-has-to-be-a-parent-in-fact_1004349.jpg) > [You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/you-have-to-enjoy-being-a-woman-why-should-being-a-woman-be-such-a/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/erica-jong-445_bed_you-have-to-enjoy-being-a-woman-why-shou_431547.jpg) > [Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/women-tend-to-be-preservers-of-the-social-structure-of-marriage-they/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/erica-jong-445_hurt_women-tend-to-be-preservers-of-the-socia_1809609.jpg) > [My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/my-reaction-to-porno-films-is-as-follows-after-the-first-ten-minutes/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/erica-jong-445_film_my-reaction-to-porno-films-is-as-follows_1166166.jpg) > [Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any more. The world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/generations-of-women-have-sacrificed-their-lives-to-become-their/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/erica-jong-445_blame_generations-of-women-have-sacrificed-the_297937.jpg) > [I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-was-always-a-feminist-my-mother-was-a-feminist-my-grandmother-was-a/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/erica-jong-445_choices_i-was-always-a-feminist-my-mother-was-a_860216.jpg) > [Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are any good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/beware-of-books-they-are-more-than-innocent-assemblages-of-paper-and/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/erica-jong-445_assemblage_beware-of-books-they-are-more-than-innoc_1411960.jpg) > [Feminism is really the right of women to be full human beings and to not be defined only by their childbearing function.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/feminism-is-really-the-right-of-women-to-be-full-human-beings-and-to/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/erica-jong-445_and-love_feminism-is-really-the-right-of-women-to_480775.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Erica Jong > [“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/it-took-me-years-to-learn-to-sit-at-my-desk-for-more-than-two-minutes/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/will-you-ever-i-dont-think-you-will-ever-fully-understand-how-you-ve/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [Give advice to your children while they're young enough to believe you know what you're talking about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/give-advice-to-your-children-while-they-re-young-enough-to-believe/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/perhaps-all-artists-were-in-a-sense-housewives-tenders-of-the-earth/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-have-lived-my-life-according-to-this-principle-if-i-m-afraid-of-it/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-thought-to-spend-my-declining-years-writing-poetry-and-teaching-but/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [“Naomi Wolf dares to explode the myth of 'victim feminism' and pleads for allowing women to be as full of good and bad desires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/naomi-wolf-dares-to-explode-the-myth-of-victim-feminism-and-pleads/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [I knew I was in England by the smell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-knew-i-was-in-england-by-the-smell/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [The Lives of Great Men are more oft' at variance with their profess'd Phillosophies than consistent with 'em.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/the-lives-of-great-men-are-more-oft-at-variance-with-their-profess-d/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/women-s-books-are-kind-of-discriminated-against-if-a-man-writes-a/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [Many, many people have done a lot more sexual experimentation than I have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/many-many-people-have-done-a-lot-more-sexual-experimentation-than-i/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [“Is life much too long for an immortal?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/is-life-much-too-long-for-an-immortal/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [Don't ye know that ev'ry Soul on Earth feels itself to be an Orphan?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/don-t-ye-know-that-ev-ry-soul-on-earth-feels-itself-to-be-an-orphan/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/critics-write-out-of-intellectual-exercise-not-poets-poets-write/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) > [Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it's braver to die old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/once-i-worshipped-keats-for-dying-young-now-i-think-it-s-braver-to/) [Erica Jong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-jong/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erica-jong/#itemlist", "name": "20 Want Quotes By Erica Jong", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Did I want to dance? Of course I did and that's not all.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and-that-s-not-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/erica-jong-445_dance_did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and_1916742.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/erica-jong-445_dance_did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and_1916742.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/erica-jong-445_dance_did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and_1916742.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Did I want to dance? Of course I did and that's not all.” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And what if I don't want forgiveness?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/and-what-if-i-don-t-want-forgiveness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/erica-jong-445_forgiveness_and-what-if-i-don-t-want-forgiveness-216_2167792.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/erica-jong-445_forgiveness_and-what-if-i-don-t-want-forgiveness-216_2167792.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/erica-jong-445_forgiveness_and-what-if-i-don-t-want-forgiveness-216_2167792.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And what if I don't want forgiveness?” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Murky language means someone wants to pick your pocket.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/murky-language-means-someone-wants-to-pick-your-pocket/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/erica-jong-445_clarity_murky-language-means-someone-wants-to-pi_2315754.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/erica-jong-445_clarity_murky-language-means-someone-wants-to-pi_2315754.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/erica-jong-445_clarity_murky-language-means-someone-wants-to-pi_2315754.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Murky language means someone wants to pick your pocket.” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You want to be a poet and not die.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/you-want-to-be-a-poet-and-not-die/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/erica-jong-445_poetry_you-want-to-be-a-poet-and-not-die-147739_1477393.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/erica-jong-445_poetry_you-want-to-be-a-poet-and-not-die-147739_1477393.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/erica-jong-445_poetry_you-want-to-be-a-poet-and-not-die-147739_1477393.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You want to be a poet and not die.” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-want-you-i-want-you-i-want-you-anything-to-avoid-saying-i-love-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/erica-jong-445_i-want-you_i-want-you-i-want-you-i-want-you-anythin_1114431.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/erica-jong-445_i-want-you_i-want-you-i-want-you-i-want-you-anythin_1114431.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/erica-jong-445_i-want-you_i-want-you-i-want-you-i-want-you-anythin_1114431.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/is-a-currency-worth-anything-if-no-one-wants-it-we-used-to-buy-shoes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/erica-jong-445_anything_is-a-currency-worth-anything-if-no-one-w_1118465.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/erica-jong-445_anything_is-a-currency-worth-anything-if-no-one-w_1118465.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/erica-jong-445_anything_is-a-currency-worth-anything-if-no-one-w_1118465.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/we-all-parent-the-best-we-can-being-human-we-re-ambivalent-we-want/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/erica-jong-445_ambivalent_we-all-parent-the-best-we-can-being-huma_664344.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/erica-jong-445_ambivalent_we-all-parent-the-best-we-can-being-huma_664344.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa0/erica-jong-445_ambivalent_we-all-parent-the-best-we-can-being-huma_664344.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/famous-people-complain-about-fame-but-they-never-want-to-give-it-back/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/erica-jong-445_complain_famous-people-complain-about-fame-but-th_694696.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/erica-jong-445_complain_famous-people-complain-about-fame-but-th_694696.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d5/erica-jong-445_complain_famous-people-complain-about-fame-but-th_694696.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think a lot of people, when they read about a woman who acknowledges her sexuality and her feelings, get really scared. They say they want to be fearless, but in reality they're terrified. If they acknowledge their deepest feelings, they might have to change their lives.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-think-a-lot-of-people-when-they-read-about-a-woman-who-acknowledges/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/erica-jong-445_acknowledge_i-think-a-lot-of-people-when-they-read-a_1301412.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/erica-jong-445_acknowledge_i-think-a-lot-of-people-when-they-read-a_1301412.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/erica-jong-445_acknowledge_i-think-a-lot-of-people-when-they-read-a_1301412.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think a lot of people, when they read about a woman who acknowledges her sexuality and her feelings, get…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a reader, I want a book to kidnap me into its world. Its world must make my so-called real world seem flimsy. Its world must lure me to return. When I close the book, I should feel bereft.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/as-a-reader-i-want-a-book-to-kidnap-me-into-its-world-its-world-must/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/erica-jong-445_bereft_as-a-reader-i-want-a-book-to-kidnap-me-i_1701257.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/erica-jong-445_bereft_as-a-reader-i-want-a-book-to-kidnap-me-i_1701257.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/erica-jong-445_bereft_as-a-reader-i-want-a-book-to-kidnap-me-i_1701257.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As a reader, I want a book to kidnap me into its world. Its world must make my so-called real world seem…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a state of shock. First people want to praise you, and then they want to attack you. No one can prepare you for it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/anybody-who-instantly-goes-from-being-a-poet-and-a-graduate-student/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/erica-jong-445_attack_anybody-who-instantly-goes-from-being-a_2244448.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/erica-jong-445_attack_anybody-who-instantly-goes-from-being-a_2244448.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/erica-jong-445_attack_anybody-who-instantly-goes-from-being-a_2244448.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don't think feminism has ever meant anything else.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-think-feminism-means-what-it-has-always-meant-women-want-to-use-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/erica-jong-445_always_i-think-feminism-means-what-it-has-alway_3151152.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/erica-jong-445_always_i-think-feminism-means-what-it-has-alway_3151152.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e6/erica-jong-445_always_i-think-feminism-means-what-it-has-alway_3151152.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful if people who didn't want children felt free to say so. In the 1970s, there was more tolerance for the idea that not everybody needs to be a biological parent.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/not-everybody-has-to-be-a-parent-in-fact-in-an-overpopulated-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/erica-jong-445_children_not-everybody-has-to-be-a-parent-in-fact_1004349.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/erica-jong-445_children_not-everybody-has-to-be-a-parent-in-fact_1004349.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/erica-jong-445_children_not-everybody-has-to-be-a-parent-in-fact_1004349.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to improve yourself? I have never in my entire life met a man who didn't want to go to bed with me because I was too fat.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/you-have-to-enjoy-being-a-woman-why-should-being-a-woman-be-such-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/erica-jong-445_bed_you-have-to-enjoy-being-a-woman-why-shou_431547.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/erica-jong-445_bed_you-have-to-enjoy-being-a-woman-why-shou_431547.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/erica-jong-445_bed_you-have-to-enjoy-being-a-woman-why-shou_431547.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You have to enjoy being a woman. Why should being a woman be such a negative thing where you always have to…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They don't want to hurt people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/women-tend-to-be-preservers-of-the-social-structure-of-marriage-they/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/erica-jong-445_hurt_women-tend-to-be-preservers-of-the-socia_1809609.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/erica-jong-445_hurt_women-tend-to-be-preservers-of-the-socia_1809609.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/erica-jong-445_hurt_women-tend-to-be-preservers-of-the-socia_1809609.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/my-reaction-to-porno-films-is-as-follows-after-the-first-ten-minutes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/erica-jong-445_film_my-reaction-to-porno-films-is-as-follows_1166166.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/erica-jong-445_film_my-reaction-to-porno-films-is-as-follows_1166166.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/erica-jong-445_film_my-reaction-to-porno-films-is-as-follows_1166166.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any more. The world has changed too much to let us have the lives our mothers had. And we can no longer afford the guilt we feel at not being our mothers. We cannot afford any guilt that pulls us back to the past. We have to grow up, whether we want to or not. We have to stop blaming men and mothers and seize every second of our lives with passion. We can no longer afford to waste our creativity. We cannot afford spiritual laziness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/generations-of-women-have-sacrificed-their-lives-to-become-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/erica-jong-445_blame_generations-of-women-have-sacrificed-the_297937.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/erica-jong-445_blame_generations-of-women-have-sacrificed-the_297937.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/erica-jong-445_blame_generations-of-women-have-sacrificed-the_297937.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women had to fight very hard to do what they wanted to do in the world - that it wasn't an easy choice. But I think the most important part is that we all want the right to be taken seriously as human beings, and to use our talents without reservation, and that's still not possible for women.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/i-was-always-a-feminist-my-mother-was-a-feminist-my-grandmother-was-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/erica-jong-445_choices_i-was-always-a-feminist-my-mother-was-a_860216.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/erica-jong-445_choices_i-was-always-a-feminist-my-mother-was-a_860216.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/erica-jong-445_choices_i-was-always-a-feminist-my-mother-was-a_860216.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was always a feminist. My mother was a feminist; my grandmother was a feminist. I always understood women…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are any good, they have the spirit of the author within. Authors are rogues and ruffians and easy lays. They are gluttons for sweets and savories. They devour life and always want more. They have sap, spirit, sex. Books are panderers. The Jews are not wrong to worship books. A real book has pheromones and sprouts grass through its cover.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/beware-of-books-they-are-more-than-innocent-assemblages-of-paper-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/erica-jong-445_assemblage_beware-of-books-they-are-more-than-innoc_1411960.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/erica-jong-445_assemblage_beware-of-books-they-are-more-than-innoc_1411960.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/erica-jong-445_assemblage_beware-of-books-they-are-more-than-innoc_1411960.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Feminism is really the right of women to be full human beings and to not be defined only by their childbearing function. Feminism is really the right of women to be human beings. That's it, yet that's so frightening to a lot of people. A full human being wants satisfying work and love. A full human being is entitled to both, and is not simply defined by only one aspect of her being.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erica Jong" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-jong/feminism-is-really-the-right-of-women-to-be-full-human-beings-and-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/erica-jong-445_and-love_feminism-is-really-the-right-of-women-to_480775.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/erica-jong-445_and-love_feminism-is-really-the-right-of-women-to_480775.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/erica-jong-445_and-love_feminism-is-really-the-right-of-women-to_480775.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Feminism is really the right of women to be full human beings and to not be defined only by their…” — Erica Jong", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erica-jong/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erica-jong/", "name": "Want Quotes by Erica Jong", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erica-jong/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/erica-jong-445_dance_did-i-want-to-dance-of-course-i-did-and_1916742.jpg" }, "description": "20 Want quotes by Erica Jong. Plus more from Erica Jong and more Want sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erica-jong/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erica-jong/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Want", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Erica Jong", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/erica-jong/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```