Erica Jong's Profile
Brief about Erica Jong: By info that we know Erica Jong was born at 1942-03-26. And also Erica Jong is American Novelist.
Some Erica Jong's quotes. Goto "Erica Jong's quotation" section for more.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.
Tags: Fool, Human, WisdomPerhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.
Tags: Artists, Earth, SensePoetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.
Tags: Life, Love, PoetryWhere is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.
Tags: Between, Brain, GodFriends 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.
Tags: Friends, Love, SuccessfulAll my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.
Tags: Living, Mother, WorkedI never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.
Tags: Getting, Money, WriterIt's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously.
Tags: Fiction, Hard, NonfictionMen have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.
Tags: Men, Truth, WomenSolitude is un-American.
Tags: SolitudeAt 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.
Tags: Able, Seen, UnitedI 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.
Tags: Life, Poetry, WritingIn 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.
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