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Nothing quite has reality for me till I write it all down--revising and embellishing as I go. I'm always waiting for things to be over so I can get home and commit them to paper.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
Home
Revising
Nothing
Till
Writing
Commit
Always
Paper
Things
Quite
Waiting
Write
Reality

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A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.
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Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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There is nothing fiercer than a failed artist. The energy remains, but, having no outlet, it implodes in a great black fart of rage which smokes up all the inner windows of the soul. Horrible as successful artists often are, there is nothing crueler or more vain than a failed artist.
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I think I've become more cynical about sex. Meaning, I don't think sex in and of itself leads to an epiphany.
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Never joke with the press. Irony does not translate into newsprint.
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If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
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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.
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Every time I catch myself saying, Oh no, you shouldn't try that, I think, Yes, I should.
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When everyone thinks they know you, it's hard not to be guarded.
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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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Good sex is a mystery. Perhaps humping and pumping is not a mystery, but good sex is a mystery, and how human beings become truly intimate remains a mystery.
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Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.
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Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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