More Quotes by Erica Jong
Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more
Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Because I loved myself, I was loved.
If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.
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.
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.
A poem (surely someone has said this before) is a one-night stand, a short story a love affair, and a novel a marriage.
