Erica Jong

I guess the thing that I’m most proud of is that I kept on writing poetry. I understand that poetry is sort of the source of everything I do. It’s the source of my creativity.

Erica Jong

I had been a feminist all my life, but the big problem was how to make your feminism jibe with you unappeasable hunger for male bodies.

Erica Jong

I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose.

Erica Jong

I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It’s amazing. They don’t see any stigma attached to it. We don’t need a man to prove our identity anymore.

Erica Jong

I know that love is no cure, but rather the disease itself.

Erica Jong

I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.

Erica Jong

I prefer to work in the morning. I get up now at five in the morning. In the morning is when I feel freshest.

Erica Jong

I think feminism means what it has always meant – women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don’t think feminism has ever meant anything else.

Erica Jong

I think men have always been afraid of women’s sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.

Erica Jong

I think professionalism is important, and professionalism means you get paid.

Erica Jong