Erica Jong Quotes

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. - Erica Jong

I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook. - Erica Jong

Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed. - Erica Jong

Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends. - Erica Jong

Fear of Flying. - Erica Jong

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are. - Erica Jong

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads. - Erica Jong

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood. - Erica Jong

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. - Erica Jong

Betrayal does that -- betrays the betrayer. - Erica Jong

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