#v

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. ↗

— Erica Jong

#dumb #ever #guy #guys #hardly

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

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood. ↗

— Erica Jong

#church #circus #country #deserves #every

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

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word. ↗

— Erica Jong

#adored #attacked #become #book #daughters

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