Erica Jong

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. ↗

— Erica Jong

#film

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. ↗

— Erica Jong

#navelgazing #writing #experience

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are. ↗

— Erica Jong

#idea #means #millions #people #who

Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said. ↗

— Erica Jong

#inspirational #inspirational

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything. ↗

— Erica Jong

#envy

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

— Erica Jong

#even #more #risk #trouble #you

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it... ↗

— Erica Jong

#life

the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger. ↗

— Erica Jong

#god #health #mind #philosophy #religion

Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world. ↗

— Erica Jong

#love #loyalty #marriage #friendship

You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner. Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare ↗

— Erica Jong

#writing-craft