I was surprised by my daughter's generation and how they were rebelling against the '70s idea that sex was perfect and it should be sought. Erica Jong More Quotes by Erica Jong More Quotes From Erica Jong My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live. Erica Jong homelongsex If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair. Erica Jong despairhouseremember The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses. Erica Jong painhurtinspirational Great loves have legs and wings. They are substantial. They do not dissapate so easily... Great loves have staying power. Or so I told myself. Erica Jong great-lovelegswings I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it. Erica Jong principlesifsinspirational Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart. Erica Jong exerciseheartwriting Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle; cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do. Erica Jong mommotherchildren I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged...I had poems which were re-written so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out. Erica Jong finishingwritingyears In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving -instead of actually getting up and leaving. Erica Jong bad-relationshiptalkingfriendship What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago. Erica Jong long-agobelievecountry Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. Erica Jong enviedterrifiedcheerful A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive. Erica Jong readingprofoundbook Courage is the only Magic worth having. Erica Jong magiccourage The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more. Erica Jong dilemmariskdoe Betrayal betrays the betrayer. Erica Jong betraybetrayalbetrayed It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously. Erica Jong fiction-and-nonfictionnonfictionfiction The camera creates a magical transformation. It's not enough to exist; we must chronicle that existence. ... Narrative- and image-making creatures like humans don't feel any experience is complete unless it's recorded. Erica Jong camerasnarrativephotography We were not human beings going through spiritual experiences; we were spiritual beings going through human experiences, in order to grow. Erica Jong human-experiencespiritualorder Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. Erica Jong bluntinstrumentssilence If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it right you must have time to do it over. If you don't know where you are going, how do you know when you get there? If you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong where-you-areriskknows
