#o

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

— Erica Jong

#idea #means #millions #people #who

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

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing. ↗

— Erica Jong

#bankrupt #book #disappearing #down #effectively

In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving - instead of actually getting up and leaving. ↗

— Erica Jong

#actually #bad #enough #friends #getting

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

It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone. ↗

— Erica Jong

#city #liquid #mirrors #once #solid

Speak for yourself and from yourself, or be silent. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#speak #yourself

It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously. ↗

— Erica Jong

#hard #nonfiction #simultaneously