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I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.
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I've become more conservative about sex as I've gotten older.
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If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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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.
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We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.
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I think the Jews are an amazing group of people and their survival is amazing.
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what was time but a convention, a habit of mind, a custom of dress?
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