More Quotes by Erica Jong
Humor is one of the most serious tools we have for dealing with impossible situations.
The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.
As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Conflict is the soul of literature.
Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
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.
Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without 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.
