Erica Jong

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.... ↗

— Erica Jong

#courage #fear #life #change

Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads. ↗

— Erica Jong

#talent #courage

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

— Erica Jong

#hands #happens #life #own #take

It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait. ↗

— Erica Jong

#life

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. ↗

— Erica Jong

#advice

Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man. ↗

— Erica Jong

#guilty #i #man #me #show

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

#sex #women #business

Beware of the man who denounces woman writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell. ↗

— Erica Jong

#literary-criticism #sexism #writer

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ↗

— Erica Jong

#even #more #risk #trouble #you

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. ↗

— Erica Jong

#judgement #procrastination #life