I see the whole episode in my memory as if it were a very crisply photographed black and white movie. Directed by Bergman perhaps.We are playing ourselves in the movie version. If only we could escape from always having to play ourselves !
Erica JongI stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.
Erica JongTags: writing introspection navelgazing
The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughter Mary Shelley, but of Anais Nin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and of course Sappho. You cannot divide creative juices from human juices. And as long as juicy women are equated with bad women, we will err on the side of being bad.
Erica JongTags: sexuality women good bad girl lovers anais erica jong nin
Beware of the man who denounces woman writers; his penis is tiny and he cannot spell.
Erica JongTags: literary-criticism bad-reviews sexism
Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.
Erica JongThe truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.
Erica JongFame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.
Erica JongTags: fame
Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
Erica JongJealousy is all the fun you think they had.
Erica JongMen have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.
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