|

|

Advertisements

Erica Jong Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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. What litanies the advertisers of the good life chanted at you! What curious catechisms! Picture Quote #1

I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don’t think feminism has ever meant anything else Picture Quote #1

As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn’t write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to make a reputation, but I think the idea of giving your work away is the beginning of authors not being able to make a living Picture Quote #1

I don’t think that I had any idea that ‘Fear of Flying’ would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the world and be published in Chinese and Serbo-Croat and so on Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is about Eros and Thanatos. Those are the only subjects. And how Eros and Thanatos interweave Picture Quote #1

Women’s books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it’s a woman, she’s ‘spilling her guts,’ and it’s not art Picture Quote #1

Without the gods, how would I sing?’ I asked. With your own voice,’ he said Picture Quote #1

Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past Picture Quote #1

Harriet van Horne He makes love to me expertly, mechanically, coldly... He’s pressing all my buttons, as if I were a pocket calculator Picture Quote #1

I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion. The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

We’ve shown again and again, in every UN report on the status of women, that wherever women control their own bodies and have access to education, societies prosper. Men’s fortunes go up, children’s fortunes go up. This is not news - it’s been proven repeatedly. Anywhere those things are threatened, we have to defend them Picture Quote #1

As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls? Picture Quote #1

If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk Picture Quote #1

It was the old psychosomatic side-step. Everyone in my family dances it at every opportunity. You’ve given me a splitting headache! You’ve given me indigestion! You’ve given me crotch rot! You’ve given me auditory hallucinations! You’ve given me a heart attack! You’ve given me cancer! Picture Quote #1

Isn’t it our job to be appalled by our parents? Isn’t it every generation’s duty to be dismayed by the previous generation? And to assert that we are different - only to discover later that we are distressingly the same? Picture Quote #1

People in the land of LaLa look like expensive wax fruit. And they work hard to achieve that look Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The desire for magic cannot be eradicated. Even the most supposedly rational people attempt to practice magic in love and war. We simultaneously possess the most primitive of brain stems and the most sophisticated of cortices. The imperatives of each coexist uneasily Picture Quote #1

Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments Picture Quote #1

Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it’s braver to die old Picture Quote #1

My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

I think the Jews are an amazing group of people and their survival is amazing Picture Quote #1

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t Picture Quote #1

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we’re ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep Picture Quote #1

Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for Picture Quote #1

Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you’ll never write a line Picture Quote #1

When I’m sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it’s silence and despair! It’s not so easy to put the pen to the legal pad or type the first sentence on the computer screen Picture Quote #1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 12

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

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 Quotes) 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. What litanies the advertisers of the good life chanted at you! What curious catechisms! (Erica Jong Quotes) I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don’t think feminism has ever meant anything else (Erica Jong Quotes) As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn’t write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to make a reputation, but I think the idea of giving your work away is the beginning of authors not being able to make a living (Erica Jong Quotes) I don’t think that I had any idea that ‘Fear of Flying’ would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the world and be published in Chinese and Serbo-Croat and so on (Erica Jong Quotes) 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 Quotes) What are the sources of poetry? Love and death and the paradox of love and death. All poetry from the beginning is about Eros and Thanatos. Those are the only subjects. And how Eros and Thanatos interweave (Erica Jong Quotes) Women’s books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it’s a woman, she’s ‘spilling her guts,’ and it’s not art (Erica Jong Quotes) Without the gods, how would I sing?’ I asked. With your own voice,’ he said (Erica Jong Quotes) Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past (Erica Jong Quotes) Harriet van Horne He makes love to me expertly, mechanically, coldly... He’s pressing all my buttons, as if I were a pocket calculator (Erica Jong Quotes) I hope we don’t have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion. The parity of women’s health. It’s very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over (Erica Jong Quotes) We’ve shown again and again, in every UN report on the status of women, that wherever women control their own bodies and have access to education, societies prosper. Men’s fortunes go up, children’s fortunes go up. This is not news - it’s been proven repeatedly. Anywhere those things are threatened, we have to defend them (Erica Jong Quotes) As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls? (Erica Jong Quotes) If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk (Erica Jong Quotes) It was the old psychosomatic side-step. Everyone in my family dances it at every opportunity. You’ve given me a splitting headache! You’ve given me indigestion! You’ve given me crotch rot! You’ve given me auditory hallucinations! You’ve given me a heart attack! You’ve given me cancer! (Erica Jong Quotes) Isn’t it our job to be appalled by our parents? Isn’t it every generation’s duty to be dismayed by the previous generation? And to assert that we are different - only to discover later that we are distressingly the same? (Erica Jong Quotes) People in the land of LaLa look like expensive wax fruit. And they work hard to achieve that look (Erica Jong Quotes) The desire for magic cannot be eradicated. Even the most supposedly rational people attempt to practice magic in love and war. We simultaneously possess the most primitive of brain stems and the most sophisticated of cortices. The imperatives of each coexist uneasily (Erica Jong Quotes) Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments (Erica Jong Quotes) Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it’s braver to die old (Erica Jong Quotes) My generation had Doris Day as a role model, then Gloria Steinem--then Princess Diana. We are the most confused generation (Erica Jong Quotes) 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 Quotes) Creativity demands nothing less than all you have. Talent alone is never enough. (Erica Jong Quotes) I think the Jews are an amazing group of people and their survival is amazing (Erica Jong Quotes) Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t (Erica Jong Quotes) We all parent the best we can. Being human, we’re ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep. (Erica Jong Quotes) Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. (Erica Jong Quotes) Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you’ll never write a line. (Erica Jong Quotes) When I’m sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it’s silence and despair! It’s not so easy to put the pen to the legal pad or type the first sentence on the computer screen. (Erica Jong Quotes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - 12