My mother wanted me to be her wings, to fly as she never quite had the courage to do. I love her for that. I love the fact that she wanted to give birth to her own wings. Erica Jong More Quotes by Erica Jong More Quotes From Erica Jong Having stopped expecting truth, we rarely get it. Erica Jong expecting truth Sex has the unparalleled power to make us absurd to ourselves. It also has the power to make us understand transcendence. Erica Jong transcendence absurd sex Writing about sex turns out to be just writing about life. Erica Jong turns writing sex Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war. Erica Jong men war believe You're not too fat; you're just in the wrong country. Erica Jong fats weight country each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's. Erica Jong torn coats feels Is there no Villain in this World who doth not regard himself as a poor abus'd Innocent, no She-Wolf who doth not think herself a Lamb, no Shark who doth not fancy that she is a Goldfish? Erica Jong sharks fancy thinking Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys you as a writer if you start thinking about responses to your work or what your audience needs. Erica Jong responsibility writing thinking Court, in our society, is often the last resort of stubbornness. Erica Jong our-society lasts law In any triangle, who is the betrayer, who the unseen rival, and who the humiliated lover? Oneself, oneself, and no one but oneself! Erica Jong triangles unseen infidelity in freeing myself from the romantic dream of finding another man to come along and rescue me, I learned that no one can rescue me except myself. Erica Jong independence dream men A baby's mother also needs a mother. Erica Jong mother baby needs The Lives of Great Men are more oft' at variance with their profess'd Phillosophies than consistent with 'em. Erica Jong ems hypocrisy men Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us. Erica Jong truth-is cynical writing People in the land of LaLa look like expensive wax fruit. And they work hard to achieve that look. Erica Jong hard-work land people You can't be creative and still be a good girl. Erica Jong stills girl creative Each day that I don't write I get more fragmented. Erica Jong fragmented each-day writing If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most. Erica Jong gift-from-god made needs Genius is a strong aphrodisiac. Erica Jong aphrodisiac genius strong Whenever I go anywhere but Italy for a vacation, I always feel vaguely disappointed, as if I have made a mistake. Erica Jong vacation made mistake
