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I am never so calm as after I have written. And the next morning I will feel the familiar anxiety and I will have to begin the process all over again.

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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
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Anxiety
Never
Calm
Begin
Written
Morning
Process
Next
Feel
Familiar

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I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.
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If there's anything the world disdains more than uppity young women, it's uppity old women. Dying young has always been a woman's best career move.
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Genius is a strong aphrodisiac.
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perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.
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Writers are always at the edge of the inferno, and the fire is licking at our toes. Luckily, this turns us on!
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Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.
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Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?
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