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ERICA JONG Surviving meant being born over and over.
ERICA JONG Beware of the man who denounces woman writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.
ERICA JONG The ultimate sexist put-down: the prick which lies down on the job. The ultimate weapon in the war b...
ERICA JONG We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.
ERICA JONG It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up wi...
ERICA JONG As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have...
ERICA JONG I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be ju...
ERICA JONG If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
ERICA JONG There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship /only backward. Yo...
ERICA JONG Beware of the man who denounces women writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.
ERICA JONG If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it's because they lead t...
ERICA JONG Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
ERICA JONG Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.
ERICA JONG I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing s...
ERICA JONG Will you ever? I don’t think you will ever fully understand how you've touched my life and made me...
ERICA JONG I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despit...
ERICA JONG