Quotes from Erica Jong
Perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.
— Erica Jong
I am old enough to know that laughter, not anger, is the true revelation.
— Erica Jong
The sexuality doesn't end. It really doesn't. You're sexual your whole life, if you're a sexual person.
— Erica Jong
We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.
— Erica Jong
November and the sun grows sparse in the sky.
— Erica Jong
Surviving means being born over and over.
— Erica Jong
Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
— Erica Jong
The body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god's messenger.
— Erica Jong
Whoever pushes America's sex button must be prepared for sirens and alarms. Whatever else we do in our lives will be drowned out by them.
— Erica Jong
Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world
— Erica Jong
It's hard to do fiction and nonfiction simultaneously.
— Erica Jong
The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.
— Erica Jong