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Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.

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
Genius
Strong
Aphrodisiac

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Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.
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I think that the joy of writing a novel is the self-exploratio n that emerges and also that wonderful feeling of playing God with the characters. When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. ... I think the most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study.
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What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.
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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 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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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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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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There is a rhythm to the ending of a marriage just like the rhythm of a courtship, only backward.
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Though my friends envied me because I always seemed so cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.
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That was probably the mistake of my generation, that we thought that having sex with anyone would be intimate and it wasn't.
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we need poetry most at those moments when life astounds us with losses, gains, or celebrations. We need it most when we are most hurt, most happy, most downcast, most jubilant. Poetry is the language we speak in times of greatest need. And the fact that it is an endangered species in our culture tells us that we are in deep trouble.
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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.
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I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
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If you've been a pretty woman and always pursued by lovers, losing that and not having that - it feels like a great loss.
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Being a daughter is only half the equation bearing one is the other.
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Perhaps it is because Venice is both liquid and solid, both air and stone, that it somehow combines all the elements crucial to make our imaginations ignite and turn fantasies into realities.
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A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.
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I have forgotten my rave reviews and memorized my vicious ones - like most writers.
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Courage is the only Magic worth having.
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