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First Quotes by Erica Jong
- If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they…
- You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
- To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary. When we take away the right to an individual name, we…
- To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.
- If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.
- 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.…
- I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.
- When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to put the pen…
- 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,…
- The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newton's first law of jealousy.
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