Erica Jong Life Quotations

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

The sexuality doesn't end. It really doesn't. You're sexual your whole life, if you're a sexual person.

I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.

Surviving means being born over and over.

Hate generalizes; love is particular.

In loving life you love what can't survive...