Is a currency worth anything if no one wants it? We used to buy shoes in Italy. Remember? Erica Jong buycurrencyitaly Change image and share on social
It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously. Erica Jong fictionhardnonfiction Change image and share on social
Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love. Erica Jong babybearbeloved Change image and share on social
Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. Erica Jong blamehandlife Change image and share on social
Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a state of shock. First people want to praise you, and then they want to attack you. No one can prepare you for it. Erica Jong attackfiguregraduate share on social
I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets. Erica Jong miraclemoneypoet Change image and share on social
The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise. Erica Jong alleywaycatdash Change image and share on social
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 going down or disappearing. Erica Jong advancebankruptbook Change image and share on social
Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man. Erica Jong feelguiltyman Change image and share on social
When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to put the pen to the legal pad or type the first sentence on the computer screen. Erica Jong computerdeskdespair Change image and share on social
