Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said. Erica Jong More Quotes by Erica Jong More Quotes From Erica Jong Anger is really disappointed hope. Erica Jong disappointedangerinspirational I don't think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me who I am. I don't think you could ever know just how truly special you are that even on the darkest nights you are my brightest star Erica Jong starsnightthinking I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation. Erica Jong revelationslaughterenough We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. Erica Jong procrastinationfearlooks 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 daughtermotherwings I hope we don't have to keep going back over the same territory and winning the same rights over and over again. The battle for birth control. The battle for abortion. The parity of women's health. It's very depressing to think that you win these rights, but then you have to win them again, and again, and again, and fight the same battles over and over. Erica Jong depressingfightingwinning If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone. Erica Jong importantlisteningwriting Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage -- however often we are hurt as a result of it. Erica Jong hurtbelievepeople Someday every woman will have orgasms- like every family has color TV- and we can all get on with the business of life. Erica Jong womencolorsex If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs. Erica Jong sufficientifsneeds Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand. Erica Jong shorthandemotionalkind Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. Erica Jong gossipenvyreality I don't know what the definition of pornography is and nobody else does either. Pornography is somebody else's erotica that you don't like. People are interested in their own sexuality and they've always reflected it in their art. End of story. Erica Jong doepeopleart Divorce is my generation's coming of age ceremony - a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable. Erica Jong divorcegenerationsage A book is a box brimming with incendiary material. The reader strikes the match. Erica Jong strikesreadingbook You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner. Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare Erica Jong beginnersknowingwriting Memory is the most transient of all possessions. And when it goes, it leaves as few traces as stars that have disappeared. Erica Jong possessionstarsmemories I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding. Erica Jong cycle-of-lifegetting-olderunderstanding I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately. Erica Jong motherhoodshouldbelieve And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong inspirationallovelife
