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To name oneself is the first act of both the poet and the revolutionary.

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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Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.
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If we are all made of God, it is our friends who remind us. We pass the gift of God to them. They pass it back to us when we need it most.
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I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.
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Hate generalizes love is particular.
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Eating is never so simple as hunger.
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Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a woman, she's 'spilling her guts,' and it's not art.
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Gossip is the opiate of the oppressed.
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Conflict is the soul of literature.
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Murky language means someone wants to pick your pocket.
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Motherhood cannot finally be delegated. Breast-feeding may succumb to the bottle cuddling, fondling, and paediatric visits may also be done by fathers...but when a child needs a mother to talk to, nobody else but a mother will do.
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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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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.
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When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.
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Being a daughter is only half the equation bearing one is the other.
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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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At 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.
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One writes not by will but by surrender.
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Love is everything it's cracked up to be
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If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it's because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that's the most revolutionary insight of all.
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we write as if our lives depended upon it. They do.
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