Erica Jong Quotes

Erica Jong is an American novelist, satirist, and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. ...more

Birth: March 26, 1942

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Life , Beautiful

I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.

Topic(s): Ifs , Inspirational , Motivational

Without the gods, how would I sing?’ I asked. With your own voice,’ he said.

Topic(s): Inspirational , Said , Voice

Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

Topic(s): Love , Fighting , Love Is

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Topic(s): Men , Love , Guy

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

Topic(s): People , Mean , Inspirational

The soul is awakened through service.

Topic(s): Life , Soul , Spiritual

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.

Topic(s): Life , Adventure

There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.

Topic(s): Loneliness , Bad Marriage

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Topic(s): Thinking , Inspirational , Fun

The aim of my writing is to utterly remove the distance between author and reader so that the book becomes a sort of semipermeable membrane through which feelings, ideas, nutrients pass.

Topic(s): Writing , Book , Ideas

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