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Famous Erica Jong Quotes
“Beware of the man who praises women's liberation; he is about to quit his job.”
“Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."”
“They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck.”
“As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.”
“Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.”
“The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.”
“The most important education you get is your own - the one you learn in solitude.”
“I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.”
“A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.”
“Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.”
“You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.”
“Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses.”
“If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.”
“A wet dream in the mind of New York.”
“I knew I was in England by the smell.”
“When you start having lunch and actually eating, it's already over.”
“At times it is strangely sedative to know the extent of your own powerlessness.”
“Why do analysts always answer a question with a question?”
“To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.”