Erica Jong

Both dogs and people are nicer after hitting bottom.

Erica Jong

Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.

Erica Jong

Courage is the only magic worth having.

Erica Jong

Critics write out of intellectual exercise, not poets. Poets write straight from the heart.

Erica Jong

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

Erica Jong

Divorce is my generation’s coming of age ceremony – a ritual scarring that makes anything that happens afterward seem bearable.

Erica Jong

Driving me away is easier than saying goodbye.

Erica Jong

Each day that I don’t write I get more fragmented.

Erica Jong

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

Erica Jong

Everyone’s a little crazy when you get inside their head… it’s only a matter of degree.

Erica Jong