Quotes from Erica Jong
My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
- Erica Jong
Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said.
- Erica Jong
Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."
- Erica Jong
is there not an Arabick Proverb which goes, 'No one throws Stones at a Barren Tree'?
- Erica Jong
I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
- Erica Jong
The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
- Erica Jong
Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.
- Erica Jong
It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously.
- Erica Jong
Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.
- Erica Jong
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
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
- Erica Jong
The soul is awakened through service.
- Erica Jong