Erica Jong
Erica Jong
Erica Jongis an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. According to Washington Post, it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 March 1942
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.
Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?
Whenever I go anywhere but Italy for a vacation, I always feel vaguely disappointed, as if I have made a mistake.
It is not surprising that Venice is known above all for mirrors and glass since Venice is the most narcissistic city in the world, the city that celebrates self-mirroring.
Divorce is my generation's coming of age ceremony - a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.
This is the sad bed of chosen chastity because you are miles and mountains away.
... poetry is fired by love ...
A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.
There's another part of getting older that's just wonderful. Which is you see the way the stories turn out with peoples' lives.
You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
I don't think there's just one person for everyone. It would be very hard for me to be with a guy who was not bright or funny. And he'd have to see the absurdities of the world, not exactly as I see them necessarily.
In poetry you can express almost inexpressible feelings. You can express the pain of loss, you can express love. People always turn to poetry when someone they love dies, when they fall in love.