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Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

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
Blunt
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Silence

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Never joke with the press. Irony does not translate into newsprint.
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Faith is the Knowledge of the Heart, Logick the Knowledge of the Mind.
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It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously.
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You can't be creative and still be a good girl.
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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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Murky language means someone wants to pick your pocket.
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Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.
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Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.
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How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.
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Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
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Hate generalizes love is particular.
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Many people today believe that cynicism requires courage. Actually, cynicism is the height of cowardice. It is innocence and open-heartednes s that requires the true courage -- however often we are hurt as a result of it.
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