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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

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Feminist
Novelist
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New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.
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I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.
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One writes not by will but by surrender.
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I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.
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Women who bear children before they establish serious habits of work, may never establish them at all.
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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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We don't have a clear path forward, and that's been the case for feminism since the 18th century, when the idea of the rights of women actually began.
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It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.
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As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to make a reputation, but I think the idea of giving your work away is the beginning of authors not being able to make a living.
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The Passion that one Soul hath for God cannot be judged by another.
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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.
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Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you'll never write a line.
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I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
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I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.
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Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with.
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The only rule I have when writing is to try to tell the truth. That doesn't mean you can't exaggerate, edit, rewrite things to make them more dramatic. But emotional truth is what I look for in writing.
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... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?
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