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You Quotes by Erica Jong
- 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.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
- Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
- And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
- Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
- Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
- It was unimaginable what happens to you when you get known for a book that everybody reads, or that everybody has heard of. If the…
- In poetry you can express almost inexpressible feelings. You can express the pain of loss, you can express love. People always turn to poetry when…
- I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
- You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
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- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide