652 Quotes by Erica Jong

Young people never believe in the possibility of their own deaths. That's one reason old men can send them to war.

There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes.

If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.

Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.

Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.

Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.

You're not too fat; you're just in the wrong country.

Poetry is what we turn to in the most emotional moments of our life - when a beloved friend dies, when a baby is born or when we fall in love.

Anger is really disappointed hope.