652 Quotes by Erica Jong

I have enormous pride in the survival of the Jewish people, the cultural heritage of the Jewish people, but I'm not observant, and I don't belong to a synagogue. I don't go to temple on high holy days, but I'm proud to be Jewish.

Never follow a dog act. You know you're on the skids when you play yourself in the movie version of your life.

The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.

each of us only feels the torn lining of his own coat and sees the wholeness of the other person's.

I believe that there's a force of life in the universe, and that when we're writing or making music or painting, we're likely to connect with that flow.

It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.

The trick is not how much pain you feel--but how much joy you feel. Any idiot can feel pain. Life is full of excuses to feel pain, excuses not to live, excuses, excuses, excuses.

Sex has the unparalleled power to make us absurd to ourselves. It also has the power to make us understand transcendence.

I prefer to work in the morning. I get up now at five in the morning. In the morning is when I feel freshest.