Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own. Erica Jong ambivalencedancerhythm Change image and share on social
Men and women, women and men. It will never work. Erica Jong manwomanwork Change image and share on social
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. Erica Jong expressfallfeeling Change image and share on social
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. Erica Jong absurditybrightfunny share on social
You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy. Erica Jong dumbguylot Change image and share on social
Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with. Erica Jong feminismhavelot Change image and share on social
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 grade school teachers reciting 'Hiawatha' and they groan. Erica Jong ecstaticgradegroan share on social
There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge. Erica Jong battlefieldbedroomcategory share on social
People always think that history proceeds in a straight line. It doesn't. Social attitudes don't change in a straight line. There's always a backlash against progressive ideas. Erica Jong attitudebacklashchange Change image and share on social
