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Erica Jong

Erica Jong

American Novelist

Born: Mar 26, 1942

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Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women. Erica Jong

Women are individuals in parenting, and why not? Erica Jong

Parenting Women Individuals Women Are Why Why Not

When everyone thinks they know you, it's hard not to be guarded. Erica Jong

You Guarded Everyone Know Hard Thinks

I'm interested in what happens to people when they get into that publicity machine. We tend to think things have changed, but there's still a deep sexism underlying the way women are treated publicly. Erica Jong

Women People Think Changed Way Machine Sexism Tend Underlying Still Women Are Get Happens Interested Deep Publicity Publicly Things Treated

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

Silence Legal First Despair Type Pen Easy Able Computer Write Computer Screen Put Line Sitting Screen Being Sentence Pad Desk

I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately. Erica Jong

Love Women Motherhood Live Believe Difficult Always Passionately Been Intellect Intellectually Themselves Should Choose Express

I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the world and be published in Chinese and Serbo-Croat and so on. Erica Jong

Culture World Fear Become Think Flying Would No Idea Had Part Idea Over Go Any Chinese Published

Feminism is teaching. I've gotten a lot of pleasure pushing younger writers that I've met and worked with. Erica Jong

Met Feminism Pleasure Writers Pushing Gotten Lot Younger Worked Teaching

I have a very sensitive nose. I identify with dogs. I understand the world through my nose. Erica Jong

World Through Identify Understand Dogs Very Nose Sensitive

I know so many women in their fifties, sixties and seventies who delight in being on their own. It's amazing. They don't see any stigma attached to it. We don't need a man to prove our identity anymore. Erica Jong

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