#be

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. ↗

— Erica Jong

#also #being #cover #ever #fool

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

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

Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember? ↗

— Erica Jong

#buy #currency #italy #remember #shoes

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. ↗

— Erica Jong

#because #being #compared #detested #gossip

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women. ↗

— Erica Jong

#because #between #criticizing #enormous #gap

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge. ↗

— Erica Jong

#battlefield #bedroom #category #class #feeling

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#just #life #may #measures #perfect