Erica Jong
Erica Jong
Erica Jongis an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. According to Washington Post, it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 March 1942
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?
She was mine and not-mine all at once. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen and the most terrifying.
The most important thing for a writer is to be locked in a study...
As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.
Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.
Love gives without taking
Love is serene and calm
Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth) I vowed to give up sex, bacon, and air travel if I ever made it back to terra firma in one piece.
Beware of the man who praises women's liberation; he is about to quit his job.
Solitude is considered un-American.
Every time I catch myself saying, "Oh no, you shouldn't try that," I think, "Yes, I should."
Few women see power as an end in itself. The point of power is the freedom to cultivate roses.
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.