Erica Jong Quotes

The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

Love is everything it`s cracked up to be'¦It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

If you don`t risk anything you risk even more.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn`t.

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

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.

My reaction to porno films is as follows; After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw, After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live

What all the ads and all the whoreoscopes seemed to imply was that if only you were narcissistic enough, if only you took proper care of your smells, your hair, your boobs, your eyelashes, your armpits, your crotch, your stars, your scars, and your choice of Scotch in bars--you would meet a beautiful, powerful, potent, and rich man who would satisfy every longing, fill every hole, make your heart skip a beat (or stand still), make you misty, and fly you to the moon (preferably on gossamer wings), where you would live totally satisfied forever.

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