Best Erica Jong Lines
- I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't see any stigma… Amazing
- 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 somewhere… Bill
- I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for… All
- I'm interested in what happens to people when they get into that publicity machine. We tend to think things have changed, but there's still a… Changed
- My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder… Adorable
- Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to… Afford
- The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in… Alleyways
- When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to… Amaze
- 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.… Anybody
- As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to… Able
- I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it… All
- I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances… Advances
- Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either feels… Belonged
- Often I find that poems predict what I'm going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my life.… Expression
- People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against… Always Think
- Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think… Ecstatic
- You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. Dumb
- Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. All
- Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. Criticism
- Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. Attitude
- And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Adventure
- I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart… Accepted
- Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Bad Ass
- My grandchildren are fabulous and funny. Fabulous
- Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Advice
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