Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.
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Where is Hollywood located? Chiefly between the ears. In that part of the American brain lately vacated by God.Erica Jong
But you endure & marry,
go on writing,
lose a husband, gain a husband,
go on writing,
sing & tap dance
& you go on writing,
have a child & still
you go on writing,
love a woman, love a man
& go on writing.
Erica Jong
I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged. . . . I had poems which were rewritten so many times I suspect it was just a way of avoiding sending them out.
Erica Jong
Growing up female in America. What a liability You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip, and moral dilemmas on the level of TV soap operas.
Erica Jong
Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared.
Erica Jong
Writing is one of the few professions left where you take all the responsibility for what you do. It's really dangerous and ultimately destroys you as a writer if you start thinking about responses to your work or what your audience needs.
Erica Jong
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