Erica Jong Quotes


Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are. Erica Jong Fame 167
My reaction to porn films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first 20 minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live. Erica Jong Pornography 110
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. Erica Jong Blame 91
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood. Erica Jong Entertainment 86
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. Erica Jong Women 85
I can live without it all -- love with its blood pump, sex with its messy hungers, men with their peacock strutting, their silly sexual baggage, their wet tongues in my ear. Erica Jong Sex 84
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had. Erica Jong Envy 83
Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame. Erica Jong Blame 83
Singularity shows something wrong in the mind. Erica Jong Mind 83
Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends. Erica Jong Money 83
Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same. Erica Jong Marriage 81
A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive. Erica Jong Reading 79
I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. Erica Jong change 78
Solitude is un-American. Erica Jong Solitude 76
Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. Erica Jong Hollywood 74
It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone. Erica Jong Air 73
Rendalls first law of jealousy jealousy does the cock harder and pussy wetter. Erica Jong Jealousy 71
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 are going down or disappearing. Erica Jong Uncategorized 69
When I met my husband, I refused to invite him home for Passover because I was embarrassed my mother might serve all the catered dishes in the wrong order. Erica Jong Home 68
The trouble is if you dont risk anything you risk even more. Erica Jong Paradox 67
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 life is cheaper. Erica Jong Poetry 66
If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it Erica Jong Sex 65
I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. Erica Jong Change 65
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. Erica Jong Procrastination 64
Women are individuals in parenting, and why not? Erica Jong Parenting 63
Everyone has talent. Whats rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. Erica Jong Talent 62
I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones – like most writers. Erica Jong Uncategorized 61
Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip, and moral dilemmas on the level of TV soap operas. Erica Jong America 61
All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. Erica Jong Uncategorized 59
In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving. Erica Jong Marriage 59
My grandchildren are fabulous and funny. Erica Jong Funny 59
Women are not the richer s*x. Women are not equal in society. Erica Jong Uncategorized 58
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didnt. Erica Jong Cute 56
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 refrain from criticizing other women. Erica Jong Women 55
No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. Erica Jong Wisdom 55
Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to nurture it in solitude and to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads. Erica Jong Talent 54
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong courage 53
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 symbolically take away the right to be an individual. Immigration officials did this to refugees; husbands routinely do it to wives. Erica Jong Identity 53
I stand in the mist and cry thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book. Erica Jong Introspection 51
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. Erica Jong Uncategorized 51
Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own. Erica Jong Ambivalence 48
Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. Erica Jong Uncategorized 48
I have accepted fear as part of life specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says turn back.... Erica Jong Courage 47
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. Erica Jong Porn 44
the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is gods messenger. Erica Jong Health 42
Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household. Erica Jong Housework 39
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 of their grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan. Erica Jong Poetry 38
The words carry their own momentum. A confession in motion tends to stay in motion. Newtons first law of jealousy. Erica Jong Jealousy 38
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 why feminism had become a dirty word. Erica Jong Uncategorized 36
I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets. Erica Jong Money 36

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