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The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?' ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#american cinema #cinema #i #important #important question

You know, I don't really think you have to play nice guys. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#i #know #nice #nice guys #play

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

— Erica Jong

#dark #dark place #everyone #follow #leads

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness. ↗

— Erica Jong

#been #exploited #group #history #idealized

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

— Erica Jong

#hands #happens #life #own #take

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55. ↗

— Erica Jong

#afford #beijing #bouncing #certain #chinese

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep. ↗

— Erica Jong

#ambivalent #babies #being #being human #best

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

#especially #fact #friends #in fact #love

I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am. ↗

— Erica Jong

#calculated #expresses #i #i am #i think

Men and women, women and men. It will never work. ↗

— Erica Jong

#men #men and women #never #will #work