Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry.
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Famous quotes by erica jong:
“Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)
“Solitude is un-American.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)
“The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while simultaneously writing books, driving tractors, working in offices, planting crops—in general, doing everything men do.”
—Erica Jong (20th century)
“Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.”
—Erica Jong (b. 1942)
“I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. I have accepted fear as a part of life, specifically the fear of change, the fear of the unknown, and I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back, turn back, you’ll die if you venture too far.”
—Erica Jong, U.S. author. In an essay in The Writer on Her Work, ch. 13 (1980)