Erica Jong is an American author and teacher. Her birth name was Erica Weisman.
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“Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
Erica Jong
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.”
“And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more”
“No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right. You may be fragmented, but you feel absolved of all the blame for it. Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
“You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.”
“Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.”
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.”
“Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.”
“Beware of the man who denounces women writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.”
“If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it's because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that's the most revolutionary insight of all.”