Erica Jong Quotes, Thoughts and images

Is perception equivalent to existence?

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Take your life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

Always do the things you fear the most. Courage is an acquired taste, like caviar.

Courage is the only Magic worth having.

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Conflict is the soul of literature.

Photographs are the most curious indicators of reality.

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments.

Betrayal betrays the betrayer.

Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it.

Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.

The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more.

The best slave does not need to be beaten. She beats herself.

Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex.

There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.

In loving life you love what can't survive.

I look forward and see myself look back.

There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.

Because I loved myself, I was loved.

Anger is disappointed hope.

The soul is awakened through service.

The trick is not how much pain you feel - but how much joy you feel

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.