Erica Jong

Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household. ↗

— Erica Jong

#earth #household #housewives #perhaps #sense

Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love. ↗

— Erica Jong

#beloved #born #dies #emotional #fall

When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love. ↗

— Erica Jong

#authors #could #dust #i #icons

Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. ↗

— Erica Jong

#between #brain #chiefly #ears #god

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes. ↗

— Erica Jong

#forebears #grandfather #living #mother #painted

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. ↗

— Erica Jong

#give #him #sometimes #superior #take

I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers. ↗

— Erica Jong

#i #like #most #ones #rave

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets. ↗

— Erica Jong

#became #even #first #getting #i

I remember everything but forgive anyway. ↗

— Erica Jong

#everything #forgive #i #i remember #remember

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper. ↗

— Erica Jong

#cheaper #declining #i #i think #life