Authors — Quotes

Erica Jong Quotes: 7

Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.
I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back....
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Fear of Flying
Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
Fear of Flying
Nothing quite has reality for me till I write it all down--revising and embellishing as I go. I'm always waiting for things to be over so I can get home and commit them to paper.
the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.