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Famous Erica Jong Quotes
“Nothing you write is ever lost to you. At some other level your mind is working on it.”
“Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough.”
“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
“And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.”
“Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.”
“Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.”
“I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.”
“Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.”
“Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember?”
“Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.”
“I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.”
“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.”
“Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.”
“Famous people complain about fame, but they never want to give it back, myself included.”
“I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.”
“Women are not the richer sex. Women are not equal in society.”