More Quotes by Erica Jong
We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
What I would like to give my daughter is freedom. And this is something that must be given by example, not exhortation. Freedom is a loose leash, license to be different from your mother and still be loved...Freedom is...not insisting that your daughter share your limitations. Freedom also means letting your daughter reject you when she needs to and come back when she needs to. Freedom is unconditional love.
Conflict is the soul of literature.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
Home is where your books are.
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
