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Exceptional people are often called crazy by the ordinary world.

Erica Jong

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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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I think men have always been afraid of women's sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.
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In a world not made for women, criticism and ridicule follow us all the days of our lives. Usually they are indications that we are doing something right.
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Not everybody has to be a parent. In fact, in an overpopulated world where our resources are shrinking, it would be wonderful if people who didn't want children felt free to say so. In the 1970s, there was more tolerance for the idea that not everybody needs to be a biological parent.
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We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.
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Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys you as a writer if you start thinking about responses to your work or what your audience needs.
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I convinced myself that sadness and compromise were the ways of the world.
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You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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It's only when you're forbidden to talk about the future that you suddenly realize how much the future normally occupies the present.
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Writers are doubters, compulsives, self-flagellants. The torture only stops for brief moments.
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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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I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don't think feminism has ever meant anything else.
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I had been a feminist all my life, but the big problem was how to make your feminism jibe with you unappeasable hunger for male bodies.
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The most important education you get is your own - the one you learn in solitude.
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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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Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.
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Solitude is un-American.
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If we ban whatever offends any group in our diverse society, we will soon have no art, no culture, no humor, no satire. Satire is by its nature offensive. So is much art and political discourse. The value of these expressions far outweighs their risk.
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I want you. I want you. I want you. Anything to avoid saying: I love you.
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Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
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