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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 78 quotes by Erica Jong Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry, and 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. Read full biography of Erica Jong → ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ctrl → I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the... → 0 I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are... → 0 Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their... → 0 Women's books are kind of discriminated against. If a man writes a book about his family stories, people think of it as literature. If it's a... → 0 As a past president of the Writers Guild, I think women shouldn't write for free. Maybe you have to do it for a time, to make a reputation, but I... → 0 Women tend to be preservers of the social structure, of marriage. They don't want to upset their husbands or their significant others. They... → 0 I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook. 0 Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are. 0 I remember everything but forgive anyway. 0 Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God. 0 Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household. 0 At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able... → 0 Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with. 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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